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Because the world is infested with morons, religious terrorists and fanatics, government goon squads, anti-Semites, racists in general, the terminally inept, the credulous, the ethical impure, and other assorted imbeciles, mountebanks and demagogues too numerous to elucidate, the right of the people to possess any firearm necessary for the security of a free citizens household shall not be infringed upon, ever.
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Statistically speaking you are something like 45x more likely to be murdered via genocide than in a "criminal" act. When it comes to reducing *total* murders gun control has failed to show any significant impacts. The CDC and the National Academy of Sciences currently both hold the position that gun laws to no impact overall crime rates. That may change over time as more information is available but it should be obvious that the "anti-crime" argument is not one that holds a lot of water. Heck Britains "gun crime" was lowest when criminals and the mentally insane could freely buy revolvers, rifles, and shotguns with literally no restrictions. Now that Britain's laws are the strictest in history violent crime is rising and so is gun crime. Heck, they recently banned "toy swords".
Now arguing the flip side of the coin..... Is this proof that gun laws are counterproductive and gun laws increase crime? No. The situation is far more complex than that and anyone that wants to have an inkling of a clue in this debate needs to read this:
http://www.amazon.com/Samurai-Mounti.../dp/0879757566
And anyone that wants to have an inkling of a clue about the history of the second amendment needs to buy this DVD:
http://www.secondamendmentdocumentary.com/
That should get you *started* in a long and tiresome journey.