The document discusses the importance of gun rights and argues against gun control through several key points:
1) It cites several historical examples where gun control preceded governments rounding up and exterminating millions of dissidents and minorities who were unable to defend themselves.
2) It highlights Switzerland as having the lowest gun crime rate in the world despite requiring military training and issuing firearms to every household.
3) It quotes several founding fathers emphasizing the importance of an armed populace for self-defense and as a check against potential government overreach.
10. Assault is a behavior, not a device. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday
11. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
12. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control American Revolution Era Flags
13. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
14. The United States Constitution The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you NOT understand?
15. The Founding Fathers on the Second Amendment "I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason - Co-author of the Second Amendment during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington - First President of the United States "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." Richard Henry Lee - American Statesman, 1788