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Who
are the
SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS?
Named Gun Rights Organization of the Year ~ Gun Rights Policy Conference 2000
- We are mothers...
- ...who want to protect
our children.
- ...who know that teaching our children gun safety is the best way to keep them safe.
- ...who know the best way to protect our children from gun violence is not by disarming
the law-abiding citizens who protect them, but by demanding that current gun laws be
enforced and that criminals be disarmed.- ...who want to preserve the Constitution, and all the rights it affords, for our children.
- ...who want to pass on our heritage.
- We are daughters...
- ...who want to feel safe and
confident on our own.
...who don't want to be forced to depend on men, restraining orders or calls to 911 to stand between us and an attacker.
We are sisters...
...who have different backgrounds
and different political parties, but who abhor violent crime in America
and want to do something about it.
...who believe in being responsible,
knowledgeable gun owners.
...who know the right of self-defense
is a basic human right.
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ARM YOURSELF WITH THE FACTS!
Do you think law-abiding citizens will always have a Constitutional right to own guns? You may believe that confiscation could never happen in this country but it did happen in California and it did happen in New York City. There are a lot of anti-gun or just plain misinformed people in this country whose actions are destroying our Constitutional rights. These are people who are unaware of the current laws and how poorly these laws are being enforced, unaware of what strict gun control will do to crime rates and how new laws and stricter gun control will effect our basic human right to protect ourselves and our children. People are obtaining misinformation from the anti-gunners. They believe they know what's best for us and our families based on this information. There are people who believe that gun registration is "just common sense"! These people are making their voices heard by their lawmakers and so should we! Don't let the anti-gunners and the misinformed speak for us!
- Let your government representatives know where you stand on gun issues!
- Join us, the Second Amendment Sisters, in our fight for our Constitution and our basic human rights !
- Most importantly:
Educate yourself and others on the facts ! One of THE most comprehensive
works on gun issues available is Gun
Facts by Guy Smith. This work provides facts on:
- Children and guns
- Licensing and registration
- Accidental deaths
- Government, gun laws, and social costs
- Crime and guns
- Guns and Crime Prevention
- Concealed carry laws and weapons
- Guns in other countries
- Police and guns
- The Second Amendment
- Gun owners and public opinion
- and more
This work uses and cites such impeccable sources as the National Safety Council, National Center for Health Statistics, The U.S. Department of Justice,the United States Treasury and Justice Department Report 1999, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the FBI Uniform Crime Statistics and others.
Following are some excerpts from Gun Facts by Guy Smith:
Myth: Handguns are 43 times more likely to kill a family member than a criminal
FACT: Of the 43 deaths reported in this flawed study, 37 (86%) were suicides. Other deaths involved criminal activity between the family members (drug deals gone bad).* Source-Aurther L. Kellerman, Protection or Peril?: An analysis of Firearm-Related Deaths in the home, 314 New Eng. J. Med. 1557-60 1986. Kellerman admits that his study did "not include cases in which burglars or intruders are wounded or frightened away by the use or display of a firearm." He also admitted his study did not look at situations in which intruders "purposely avoided a home known to be armed." This is a classic case of a "study" conducted to acheive a desired result.
FACT: Of the remaining deaths, the deceased family members include felons, drug dealers, violent spouses committing assault, and other criminal activities. *Source-Ibid.
FACT: Only 0.1% (1 in a thousand) of the defensive uses of guns results in the death of the predator. *Source-Dr. Gary Kleck, "Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America." New York: Aldine de Gruyter. 1991.
Myth : 13 children are killed each day by guns.
FACT: The statistics cited here include "children" up to age 19 or 24, depending on the source. Most violent crime is committed by males ages 16-24, so these numbers include adult gang members dying during criminal activity *Source-FBI Uniform Crime Statistics, 1997. If you include only ages 0-14, the number drops to 1.7/day.
FACT: Criminals are included-70% of these deaths are adults, age 17-20, involved in gang activity at the time of their deaths, often involved in drug related firefights.
FACT: Suicides and criminals included- These numbers include criminal activities and suicides. *Source-National Center for Health Statistics,1997. As suicides make up more than 1/2 of all gun deaths, the number drops even further, to less than one per day.
FACT: Four children die each day in the U.S. from Parental neglect and abuse.*Source-National Center on Child Abuse Prevention, 1998 Annual Survey. [Editor: Perhaps we should register and license parents]
Myth : If it saves the life of one child, it is worth it.
FACT: Firearms in private hands are used 2.5 million times each year to prevent crime, or, 6,849 times every day (*Source-Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University, 1997. , ), to prevent crime, or, 6,849 times every day (*Source-Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University, 1997. , ), including rapes,aggravated assaults, and kidnapping. The number of innocent children protected by firearm owning far outweighs the number hurt by guns.