Please take a few moments to compare the facts to the lies and innuendoes that the liberals are presenting on the issue of the Second Amendment. In 1974, handguns were involved in 11,125 murders, in 1988 that figure had fallen to 8,275. In 1966 murder with guns accounted for 64.8 percent of the total murders, in 1985 that figure was 58.7 percent. A handgun is much more likely to be used by a criminal in the conduct of a crime than by a citizen in legitimate self-defense. In an average year, law-abiding citizens use handguns 645,000 times to defend themselves from criminal action, compared to an average of 581,000 misuses of handguns by criminals.
Civilians lawfully kill approximately three times more assailants and robbers than do the police.
Indeed, a survey of felons in state prisons across the country found that 57 percent said they were more worried about confronting an armed citizen than running into the police. A Justice Department study estimates that 83 percent of children now aged 12 will be victims of some kind of violent felony during their lifetime, and our police forces will be unable to prevent this. Citizens must take the responsibility for their own protection. Those who arm themselves and resist a criminal assault are more likely to be seriously injured or killed than those who passively submit to a criminal s demands. Women who resist criminal assault with a firearm will have their own weapons used against them.