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The Drunk Driving Fallacy: Why Gun Regulation is like Drunk Driving Laws

For our first post, we thought it would be an excellent idea to tackle one of the most popular analogies used to combat gun control proposals. Although it has been debunked numerous times (most...

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The Hammer Theory of Guns

Myth “I refuse to play the game of ‘assault weapon,’ because that’s any weapon. It’s a hammer. It’s the machetes. In Rwanda that killed 800,000 people, an article came out this week, the massive number...

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Rebutting the ‘Criminals don’t follow laws’ and ‘Gun Control only hurts...

Myth “The bad guys, the criminals, don’t follow laws and restricting more of America’s freedoms when it comes to self-defense isn’t the answer.” – Sarah Palin “…The challenge with gun laws is that by...

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The MAD Theory of Guns

Myth “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” – Wayne LaPierre Overview of Pro-Gun Arguments Guns are an effective deterrent against bad guys with guns. As you cannot...

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Constitutional Fallacies Part 1: Insurrectionists

Myth You may think a 30 round magazine is too big. Under the real purpose of the second amendment, a 30 round magazine might be too small. – Erick Erickson To put it bluntly, I need an assault rifle in...

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Less Guns, Less Crime- Debunking the Self-Defense Myth

Myth: Opponents of concealed-carry laws, such as Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, insist that the presence of armed citizens at mass shootings would result in even more deaths because of crossfire....

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Constitutional Fallacies Part II: The Myth of an Unlimited Right

Myth Historical examination of the right to bear arms, from English antecedents to the drafting of the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still...

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Militia Myths: Why Armed Populations Don’t Prevent Tyranny, But Often Lead To It

Constitutional Fallacies: Part III Myth It’s something we’ve seen happen time and time again in history — with Stalin, happened in Cambodia, and then of course, the Third Reich.  No one saw that coming...

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