We All Have The Right To Defend Ourselves But Democrats Continue To Make That Much Harder To Do

First, before we get started...

If you looked at the Table Of Contents you can see this article is broke down to 5 key parts...

• Part 1: What We're Up Against
• Part 2: What The Constitution Says About Our Being Able To Protect Ourselves
• Part 3: Facts & Stats On Guns & Murders
• Part 4: The "Reasons" Democrats Use For Pushing For More Gun Laws All Of The Time
• Part 5: Guns In The Hands Of A Good Guy

Let's get started by first looking at what we're up against and why our 2nd Amendment rights are more important today than they've ever been...

*** Part 1: What We're Up Against ***

The Biden-Harris Admin With Their Open Borders Has Let Into America An Evil We Have Never Experienced Before...

Have you ever looked into someone's eyes and all you saw was evil? No soul, just pure hatred who would kill you without thinking twice? Did you watch the video above which shows how evil these gangs are?

Whether it's the MS-13 gang, the gangs from Venezuela which are considered “MS-13 on steroids," or Islamic extremists, to name a few, they're all monsters! They'll kill you for looking at them wrong, and won't lose a second of sleep over it!

Torturing people for days, gang raping the same girl over and over again, murders, and laughing through it all. If they capture you, your daughter or wife and all they do is murder you or your family, you got off easy.

It's already happening, but you're not hearing about it because the Liberal State Media like MSNBC & CNN is protecting the Democrats (the hell with us citizens) who brought this evil to our cities and won't report on all of the murders, crime and rapes by the illegals who should never have been allowed into America... they don't want you to know about all of this, especially since we're in an election cycle! In fact, the bulk are minimizing it to suggest there are no problems.

Because its been well established that the liberal media protects the Left/Democrats, even after the election I expect them to hide all of this information from all of us. The last thing they want is for people to rise up against Democrat policies along with then understanding the importance of owning a gun. 

Venezuela literally opened up their jails and sent their murderers, criminals, rapist, mental cases and gangs to America. They were told that if they ever come back to Venezuela they'll be executed!

On December 28, 2023, Bloomberg reported: “Venezuela’s rate of violent deaths dropped to its lowest level in more than two decades following years of massive migration as both criminals and victims fled the nation’s economic crisis.” 

Venezuela went from being one of the most crime ridden countries with lots of murders to a significant drop in their murder rate because they sent all of their really bad people to America.

True story! The high majority of them came to America.

“DHS confirms that Venezuela empties prisons and sends violent criminals to our southern border,” Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, tweeted on Sept. 18, 2022. For more information you can also read this article from Sept 18, 2022, "EXCLUSIVE: Venezuela Empties Prisons, Sends Violent Criminals to U.S. Border, Says DHS Report"

Two of the most evil gangs in the world is the Venezuelan gangs and MS-13 and they're spread out throughout America. They're not just evil, they're smart and they're organized. They know how to use fear to take over cities and communities.

Just because the liberal media refuses to report on all of this doesn't mean it's not happening. It just means they're protecting Democrats and are refusing to report on it.

Have you noticed how the police are doing very little to stop these gangs?

I can't emphasize how evil these foreign gangs now in America are. Just look at them wrong and they'll torture you for days. You'll wish you were dead! If they just kill you, you got off easy.

In addition to these two very evil gangs is Islamic Extremist. They're well known for their terrorist attacks and torturing their enemies. They're just as evil, just as brutal and just as organized as the gangs! 

Like the gangs, the Islamic Terrorist are well organized. They strategize their plan of attack, don't care if they die in the process (these are the most dangerous people), and are out to invoke as much pain and deaths as they can.

Numerous Muslim countries hate us (not to suggest all Muslims are bad). Iran chants, "death to America". We can expect terrorist attacks from this group, attacks on our infrastructure, all kinds of attacks! 

It's estimated there are between 1.5 - 5 million terrorists, evil gang members & other very bad people from other countries now in America who are robbing us, will murder us without giving it a second thought, who are raping our women including little girls. We have a very serious problem on our hands, and we American's need to be able to protect ourselves from it.

The Biden-Harris Admin will only admit to the following number of bad people coming into America which doesn't include the got-away's and those who came in without anyone being aware of their entry into America...

• 13,099 Convicted Of Homicide
• 15,811 Convicted Of Sexual Assault
• 425,431 Total Convicted Criminals let into America

Regardless of which group attacks us, when they act it'll be from a pre-planned plan of attack. They will have done their homework and will want to kill as many as possible (like those who go into schools and do mass murders). The faster someone acts to stop them the less deaths there will be. In a terrorist attack and mass shooting event, the faster they're stopped the more lives that are saved!

States Who Have Banned Semi-Automatic Rifles Like WA Has, And Who Have Limited The Magazine To A Maximum Of 10 Bullets Have Made Us Citizens Far Less Safe

You can be guaranteed all of these gangs and groups have AK-47's and AR-15's with magazines that will hold at least 30 bullets. If they're in a state that has banned all semi-automatic rifles, I absolutely guarantee you they will not be turning in their guns, let alone following any of the state gun laws! 

Chicago with some of the strictest gun laws is one of the top cities for murders. Venezuelan gangs are taking over parts of Chicago and are armed with semi-automatic rifles that they brought into the state and then into city... will law enforcement enforce the gun laws and take them away from these gangs?

We all know the answer to that... NO, they won't. But they will prosecute law-abiding citizens for breaking gun laws.

Anyone besides me see a problem with this?

This is consistently what happens in deep blue cities... ignore the gangs and really bad people who shouldn't have guns but do, and go after law-abiding citizens!

Politicians talk about murders but refuse to enforce gun laws where they're truly needed and will actually make a difference... taking the guns away from illegals in America and from gang members! 

Instead, what our politicians have done is give these evil people a huge advantage over us citizens who just want to protect themselves! A bolt-action rifle with less than 10 rounds up against a semi-automatic rifle with over 30 rounds won't have a chance! We'll be sitting ducks for these gangs & terrorists.

The Semi-Automatic Rifle Vs. A Bolt-Action Rifle. Here's Another Reason Why We're Far Less Safe...

Consider this huge difference between a semi-automatic rifle and bolt-action rifle...

• Semi-Automatic: When faced with more than one bad guy, you aim and shoot, and you continue to aim with your finger on the trigger. Your stance and staying aimed on the bad guys doesn't change. If needed, you just pull the trigger to fire more shots. 
• Bolt-Action: After taking a shot, with a bolt-action rifle you have remove your hand from the trigger, grab the bolt and manually load in another bullet by pulling the bolt back all the way and then pushing it forward and down to lock the bolt back in. It's only after all of this that you can take another shot. But more than likely, after your first shot, before you're able to load another bullet into the chamber, you've been shot dead by the bad guy with the semi-automatic rifle! Seconds matter!!!!

Like I said, a bolt-action Vs any semi-automatic rifle is an unfair gun fight with the law-abiding citizen being forced to use the bolt-action rifle while the bad person(s) has the semi-automatic rifle. We have no chance of being able to protect ourselves and our family!!!

This is what our politicians are doing to us... bringing in evil unlike anyone of us has ever experienced and then making it extremely hard for us to protect ourselves! Who's side are the politicians on?????

Based upon these politicians actions you can't help but wonder if these politicians who support gun controls and banning key guns we need for our protection aren't working for the gangs! Working for the murderers! Working for the rapists! Because they sure as hell aren't working for us American citizens when they are making it easier for evil people to rob us, rape our women and murder us, and harder for us to protect ourselves!

More about this further on. Plus, further on we're also going to be discussing how the liberal policies so many of the Democrat-run cities are pushing in are making us far less safe and make it easier for the bad people to attack us citizens. This will be an eye-opener!

The Biden-Harris Admin Have Also Let Into America Military Age Men From Countries Who Hate America And Want Us Dead!

The gangs & terrorists aren't the only really bad people the Biden-Harris Admin have allowed into America through their open borders. They've also allowed a lot, like millions of military age men from countries into America who want to destroy America, take America over, and/or wipe America off the face of the earth.

It's estimated there are well over 100,000 military age Chinese men now in America. Listen to Alex Newman address this...

Later in this article I even address "predictive programming". I have no doubt "predictive programming" is playing a role in all of this.

I'm sharing all of this because the only way we can truly solve problems is by putting ALL of the facts on the table. Just jumping to "we need more gun control" is NOT going to solve the problems, but is already making the problem worse with more murders, crimes and rapes. 

But Democrats just absolutely do not want to have an honest and real discussion about all of this because they refuse to take any accountability for their actions, policies or anything else they're saying or doing which is creating problems in America. They're in full denial mode on it all, and more gun control isn't the fix!

Finally, for this first part of this informational article where I present the problem and what we're up against, I'm going to address the biggest problem...

Liberal Policies Are Absolutely Disastrous And Make Us Far Less Safe!

A Consistent Playbook...

Do you want to increase the crime and murders in a city?

Shockingly, there's a consistent playbook Democrat cities follow which increases the crime and murders in the city...

* No bail... Arrested and then back on the streets.

* Reduced sentences... move felonies to misdemeanors so criminals aren't deterred, they only get a slap on the wrist and then they're back on the street to continue breaking our laws, hurting Americans, raping women, murdering Americans.

* Strict gun laws... emboldens criminals and causes more murders since they know very few people will have a gun to protect themselves.

* Looking the other way.... when classes of people like Blacks or illegals are breaking the law, looking the other way and doing nothing about it, but being quick to arrest others who aren't part of the "protected class" for doing the same thing.

* Minimal sentences... if a protected class like a Liberal, Black, illegal, Trans, LGBTQ+, etc. breaks the law just giving them a slap on the wrist like a very small fine or probation when they should've gotten a prison sentence!

* Handicapping the police from being able to do their job, and attack them when they do do their job. It's not surprising they look the other way when it's people from the "protected class" breaking the law.

* Defund the police movement... Causing a huge reduction of police in the city so it's taking longer for them to respond to 911 calls if they even come at all. It's also causing the police to avoid situations with people from the "protected class" because the police know there's a good chance the city legislature or DA will go after the policeman. This whole movement has police hesitant to do their job, and has caused a huge exodus of police leaving or retiring early.

* Arrest & prosecute law-abiding citizens when using a gun to protect themselves to send a message, "you may be allowed to own a gun, but if you use it we're coming after YOU, and at minimum, we'll bankrupt you!" This is just infuriating! Along with this, if someone tries to steal your vehicle in many states, especially Democrat states & cities, you can't use a gun to "protect your property" even though the Constitution says we're able to defend our property. How much more emboldened do you think this will make criminals? It's no wonder these cities and states have the highest crime rates!

When criminals & thugs aren't worried about the consequences to their illegal actions, they'll increase their illegal activities & become emboldened for more risky illegal actions. Plus, more people will become criminals! That's because, especially in Democrat ran cities & states, it pays to be a criminal, and you have very little chance of any serious charges being filed against you, and you don't have to worry about being shot at.

Why would Democrats support all of this and push these policies into their city, you're wonder?

It's always about the agenda they're trying to push forward. Increased crime creates chaos to take away more of our freedoms, and increased murders help push their agendas forward, like disarming us by blaming guns for the murders, not their policies or the person doing the murdering! This is just two of the agenda's they are pushing forward.

You'll find...

3 Common Denominators In Democrat Ran Cities With High Murders & Crime...

1) Progressive policies like I listed above which handicaps police from being able to do their job, and they don't punish the lawbreakers, which creates an environment that supports crime & murders;
2) Strict gun control laws which only punish the law-abiding citizens (the bad guys don't follow gun laws) but also lets the bad people know that far less people have guns to shoot back or protect themselves, and even if they do they're attacked by the DA for using their gun; and
3) As the murders grow because of #1 (their policies) the Democrat's scream for more gun control! They USE the murders THEY caused from THEIR policies to push for more gun control.

All of this because the Democrat's are laser focused on disarming American's. Because of our Constitution, it's being done one city at a time, one state at a time. This will not end, will actually get worse, until the United States Supreme Court steps in and puts a stop to it.

Here's the hypocrisy of this... (Key point which is why I put it in the following box)

The point here is Liberal policies are the foundation for so many problems American's face in their cities. It's not guns, yet they want you to believe it's because of guns. It's their policies!

What's really sad and infuriating is Democrats absolutely do not care how many American's are murdered because they look at us as "pawns in their agenda."

The only thing they care about is disarming us! That's one of the top objectives in creating an environment ripe for crime, rapes and murders... to increase gun violence & murders to go after our guns!

They could easily dramatically reduce the crime, rapes and murders in their city, but they won't because they need us disarmed, and they need the chaos to push their other agenda's forward.

Want proof we're just pawns in the Democrats evil strategies to disarm us? Check this out...

Gun-Free Zones Are A Magnet To Sick Murderers... It's Their #1 Place To Murder Lots Of People! Why?

Simply because predators seek prey and as many as possible, but they don't want people shooting back at them! They intentionally seek out Gun-Free Zones to do the killing at!

The man who shot up the Jewish daycare center in CA in the 1990's was captured alive. He said, at first he was going to shoot up a synagogue but then realized they may have armed guards, but figured there wouldn't be guards at the daycare center, and he was right, there wasn't!

With the CO movie theater massacre in 2012, there were other movie theaters closer to his home that would've logistically been easier to get to and that held far more people... he was after a "kill count", per his journal. From his scouting, he chose a theater that was a gun-free zone. He murdered many, but at the first sight of a good guy with a gun he surrendered!

Also in 2012 a sick murderer went to a church to rack up as many murders as he could since churches have become gun-free zones. He got off 1 shot killing 1 person before a person in the church with a legally concealed gun took him out.

Same thing at another church where Jean heard the shots in the parking lot & when the murderer came into the church to continue his killing spree she shot him taking him out! You never hear about good guys saving lives, just about mass murders.

So we have to ask, knowing gun-free zones is where sick people go to murder lots of people (94% of mass murders are at gun-free zones), "Why Are Our Politicians Pushing For More Killing Zones (Gun-Free Zones)?? Why are they pushing to remove resource officers who carry a gun out of the schools? Why don't they want the teachers who are comfortable with a gun to have a gun in their classroom only the teacher has access to?"

Tim Walz (Kamala's running mate) says kids are more important than guns. That's just political BS because if that was true he'd end gun-free zones at schools! Or at minimum he'd push for teachers and staff being armed (those who want to and are willing to go through gun self-defense classes) so there are good guys onsite to end mass murderers quickly. 

But he doesn't support either of these things. Instead he's your typical Democrat using our kids as pawns to push their gun control laws to ultimately disarm us. He and Kamala desperately want us disarmed. So do most Democrats like Inslee & Ferguson in WA.

They are doing all of these things, and then when another mass murder happens, without skipping a beat, they scream for more gun controls!

They know the problem will never be fixed with the approach they've taken, but instead will create more mass murders.

I'll say it again, because their actions consistently prove this to be true...

"Democrats do NOT care how many American's are murdered! All they care about is disarming us!"

States like OH who have armed their teachers also make it clear to the community they're armed... They've NEVER had anyone come to the schools trying to murder their children. Again, murderers do NOT want people shooting back at them!

Not only do bad people not follow any gun laws, they also do NOT want to get shot back at. That's why 94% of mass murders are at gun free zones!

Yes, they've kept stats on this.

Here's a video backing up what I'm sharing here, except in Lott's study he found 98% of mass shootings were in gun free zone...

Also in the study was mass shootings that were not in a gun free zone and of those how many were stopped by a private citizen with a conceal carry gun. Check this out...

• In 2020: 51% stopped by a private citizen with a conceal carry gun
• In 2021: 58% stopped by a private citizen with a conceal carry gun
• In 2022: 63.5% stopped by a private citizen with a conceal carry gun

These are private citizens who were in the area when the shooting started and acted long before the police ever arrived. This also means the shooter was not able to kill very many people so many lives were saved! Now imagine how many lives would've been saved if we didn't have gun-free zones!

Brandishing or Pulling Your Concealed Gun To Stop A Thug From Attacking You Could Land You In Jail

For the next few sections, in addition to sharing with you the specific topic, I'm going to actually dig into and discuss Washington state codes & laws related to the topic to give you an idea of how a state passes laws to hinder our ability to protect ourselves. Let's start with Brandishing...

Sometimes protecting yourself with the least amount of force is letting the criminal know you're carrying and won't be their next victim. At this point, far more often than not, the criminal leaves... they're not going to rob you or rape you knowing you're armed and will use your gun to protect yourself.

But so many gun laws are to protect the criminals and not the victim. Let me explain.

You showed or pulled your gun to stop from being robbed, raped or murdered. The thug leaves, but then calls the police and says you "brandished" your gun, was pointing it at him and threatening him with it. The police come, you tell them your side of the story and they write you up for illegally brandishing your gun. Your living hell begins!

Of course, what happens when the police show up commonly depends on where you live.

For example, if you lived in Idaho very likely nothing would happen. They recognize that showing you're armed ended the encounter and nobody was hurt. The other option is, if you hadn't showed that you were armed the thug could've gone after you to rob you or kill you but instead ended up dead when you exercised your 2nd Amendment rights. Which is the better outcome... showing you were armed, which ended the encounter, or being forced to protect yourself and killing the person who attacked you?

In case you're thinking to yourself, "why not just shoot him in the leg?" Many anti-gun advocates who have no experience with guns and self-defense will say this. 

The leg is a small target where the body is a larger target. In a life and death scenario when a bad person is coming at you and seconds matter you cannot take the chance of missing a small target and instead go for the large target, the body. When the bad person ignored your warnings, or things are happened so fast you couldn't even warn him, it boils down to his life or your life and most will choose to save their own lives.

In both options (brandishing or being forced to use your gun), if you're in a Democrat ran city/state that's pushing liberal policies who hate the 2nd Amendment you will be arrested at which time your life will never be the same as you're financially devastated from legal fees. In Democrat-run cities, if you shoot someone in self-defense, they're going to look for every possible way they can prosecute you, looking for anything you did wrong so they can put you in jail for using your gun to defend yourself. If you brandished your gun, it's an easy conviction for them, and now they have another person they can stop from being able to conceal-carry. 

Meanwhile, the thug has no consequences so he can continue on with his illegal activities, and smiling that he likely stopped another person from ever owning a gun again creating another soft target for bad people!

This is more consistent in Democrat ran cities and states than you could imagine.

Common-sense and logic tells us to use the least amount of action necessary to end what could be a very ugly and deadly occurrence. Showing the thug who wants to rob you, rape you or kill you that you're armed would be a logical solution.

But Democrats who want us disarmed don't look at it this way. They look at this as an illegal action to prosecute law-abiding citizens who don't want to be put in the position of having to kill the thug. God knows I personally absolutely do not want to kill anyone but will if I'm forced into it. Take a look at the laws for brandishing in Washington state...

Here is a summary of the laws and regulations regarding brandishing in Washington State:

1. Unlawful Display of a Weapon: RCW 9.41.270 prohibits carrying, exhibiting, displaying, or drawing any weapon capable of producing bodily harm in a manner that creates alarm for someone’s safety or the safety of others, or with intent to intimidate another. This law applies to both open and concealed carry situations.
2. Exceptions: The law does not apply to:

• Law enforcement officers performing their duties
• Military activities
• Protecting another person against unlawful force by a third person

[Notice self-protection isn't an exception. If this was an option to stop an attack they'd list it as an option, but they don't.]

3. Penalties: Unlawful display of a weapon is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to 364 days in jail, a fine of up to $5,000, or both.
4. Consequences: If found guilty, the person’s concealed pistol license will be revoked.
5. Open Carry: Washington State is an “open carry” state, meaning that openly carrying a firearm is legal, as long as it is not done in a menacing or threatening manner.
6. Concealed Carry: While there is no requirement to conceal a firearm in Washington State, accidentally exposing a weapon in a public place may still lead to charges of brandishing if done intentionally to intimidate someone.

Key Takeaways:

• Brandishing laws in Washington State focus on the intentional display of a weapon to intimidate or alarm others.
• Open carry is legal, but must be done in a non-menacing manner.
• Concealed carry requires careful concealment to avoid accidental exposure, which could lead to charges of brandishing if done intentionally.
• Unlawful display of a weapon is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by fines and/or jail time.

It's laws like this that makes me shake my head and realize just how badly Democrats want to end our 2nd Amendment rights.

What would you rather do, show the criminal that you're carrying to end the situation or be put in a position of being forced to shoot and kill someone attacking you which could actually end up causing your death if you can't get your gun out fast enough?

To me, it's a no brainer, but the laws in many states take away the first option leaving a person to be faced with the 2nd option. You need to know the laws in your state to know what your options are.

Here's what Idaho says about brandishing and using it as a form of self-defense...

• Brandishing vs. self-defense: If an individual presents their firearm as a last line of defense in an immediate attack or life-threatening situation, it is not considered brandishing. However, if the individual displays their firearm in a threatening or aggressive manner, it may be considered brandishing.

Exactly! That's what I'm saying! Idaho understands common sense when faced with a bad guy giving people in Idaho the option of showing their gun to the bad guy and saying, "You need to stop. I don't want to hurt you, but if you give me no choice I will," as he raises his shirt to show he's armed or pulls his gun and holds it pointing down to the ground.

In the high majority of times this will end the altercation and the bad guy will walk away.

Now, like WA, ID also doesn't allow you to brandish your gun "without malice." You can't do this to just intimidate or threaten someone, which I agree with.

Like I said, I absolutely do not want to kill or hurt anyone, but WA doesn't give you the option as a last resort before shooting the person the ability to show them you're armed like ID does which will cause more people to be killed in WA that didn't need to be.

I Talked To A Washington Sheriff About Brandishing & The Two Options...

I had a really good conversation with a sheriff about brandishing and the two options when I'm being threatened with a guy coming towards me. He agrees that brandishing the gun makes the most sense because the high majority of bad guys won't mess with someone armed. This would end the threat in the high majority of cases. Everyone walks away alive and unharmed.

However, he said that's illegal in WA just like I shared above!

Like he said, which I had already figured out, quote, "Washington, next to New York, is the most criminal friendly state in the nation putting criminals above citizens."

The laws passed by the far left governor Inslee & AG Ferguson puts criminals above the citizens. This is absolutely disgusting, but we get what we vote for and the people elected Inslee and Ferguson which has made all of us less safe and with less rights than criminals.

So now I know what my options are in WA. It's really sad that I can't take the more non-lethal option, but instead could be forced to use deadly force if I can't retreat and get away.

Yes, retreat (unless it's a home invasion) because, frankly, I do not trust WA's "you are not required to retreat from a situation before using force to defend yourself" discussed under "Castle Doctrine" under Part 2 below. I'll look for every other option because I just absolutely do not want to kill anyone, but would if there were no other options! 

To be clear, I'm not worried about your every day Washingtonian. I get along with just about everyone and have no enemies (that I'm aware of).

It's the very evil gangs coming into America from Venezuela and other countries, and the other bad people who came into America and are in my area... they are who I'm ultimately protecting myself from!

He shared a few different WA State codes...

These are just 5 of many gun laws that need to go away! There are other gun laws, including the Red Flag laws, that needs to go away. So you know, I didn't do an analysis of gun laws in every state. There may be laws in other states that are just as bad and need to be removed.

Gun laws don't make us safer. In fact, gun laws cause more deaths than they save, as an attorney points out here in this video... 

We've covered a lot in Part 1, What We're Up Against. Fact is, we're at one of the most unsafe times in America's history.

Who let's in millions of murderers, criminals, rapist, the most evil gangs in the world and terrorist to run free throughout America??? Who does this? And then continues trying to disarm us American's, or at minimum make it far harder for us to defend and protect ourselves?? Who does all of this???

People who hate America, us American's and are helping our enemies, that's who! If you have another explanation that isn't just stupid or based upon the Left's talking points, a fact based explanation that actually makes sense based upon the actions of those doing all of this, I'd love to hear it.

With the EVIL that's come into America, our politicians should be doing what Switzerland does and REQUIRE all households to own a gun. They should mandate all American's to specifically own AR-15's with 30 round magazines (minimum of 3 magazines). And there should be gun safety classes and gun self-defense classes across America paid for by the Government!

This is a time when I believe we should "not comply" with their unconstitutional gun laws, that we need to do whatever it takes to protect ourselves, our family and our communities. Shits going to hit the fan, it's just a question of when, and where it will be the worse.

Whether you choose to comply with these laws or not, that's an individual choice. I'm just thankful I had an AR-15 with 30 round magazines prior to the laws being passed and it being grandfathered in. Others won't be as fortunate and they are going to need a weapon equal to what these bad people are using to protect themselves. NO government should deny our ability to protect ourselves or in our having at minimum equal fire-power that those who want to capture us or kill us have!!!

The problem is, in addition to gun laws that hinder our ability to effectively protect ourselves...

Citizens Who Defend Themselves In Blue Cities Are Being Prosecuted By Their Liberal AG/DA

I touched on this above under "Brandishing or Pulling Your Concealed Gun To Stop A Thug From Attacking You Could Land You In Jail".

It's pretty consistent, if a citizen, especially if it's a Conservative, Patriot or a Christian is protecting himself in Democrat ran cities, they will still come after you to, at minimum, bankrupt you. It's amazing how one can go from defending themselves to being criminally charged.

If you protect yourself against a Black person, illegal alien, LGBTQ person (all of which are "protected classes" of the Democrats), or if you're a patriot, or a Trump supporter they will use lawfare against you to try and convict you of murder no matter what the circumstances is! We've all watched numerous court cases where the Judge would not allow evidence to be presented which proved the person's innocence, which is unfortunately pretty common with far-left liberal judges!

At minimum they'll financially devastate you as you try to defend yourself against the city or state who's prosecuting you.

But we just can't get over how Democrats treat illegals far better than American citizens to include not prosecuting them for breaking our laws, protecting them when THEY are the perpetrator attacking the American citizen, and instead going after the American citizen for protecting themselves, and so on. It's just mind-blowing!

Damn, Democrats are even protecting the illegals who are criminals, rapists & murderers so they can't be deported. Democrats literally want these really bad people walking the streets in America

Democrats are going after patriots/conservatives exercising their 2nd Amendment rights to protect themselves to make people afraid to use a gun to protect themselves, while doing very little to stop and prosecute the gangs, BLM and ANTIFA who kill people, terrorize people, riot, burn down businesses, etc. They'd prefer you were murdered (they HATE patriots) and their Brown Shirt operatives (BLM & ANTIFA) or illegal alien lives to kill another patriot another day! It's a pure Communism driven by ideology!

Democrats not only HATE people who love America, they want us dead, or at minimum, financially devastated! Just look at their actions. I don't care what they say, anyone can say the words. What I care about is their actions starting with the policies and bills they support, who they're prosecuting and who they're not, and who they're protecting and who they're not protecting.

Democrats are constantly saying they support the 2nd Amendment, but they are also constantly trying to make it harder for us to exercise our 2nd Amendment rights so we can defend ourselves. Then when we do defend ourselves they prosecute us to bankrupt us, or worse, try to convince a jury or judge we didn't need to use deadly force to put us in jail.

We may have 2nd Amendment rights, but if we exercise our 2nd Amendment rights it's going to cost us dearly. This is yet another tactic of Democrats to create fear to even owning a gun. 

When I had my conversation with the sheriff in WA he agreed with me that if you're forced to shoot someone to keep your mouth shut and don't say anything to the police, get an attorney and let the attorney do the talking for you. WA is too "criminal friendly" to take a chance! Consider this advice to be very good advice if you're forced to shoot someone in a deep blue city or state!!!!

Here's a good video sharing why you don't talk and let your attorney do the talking for you: He Thought He Did Nothing Wrong And Talked To Cops. Big Mistake!

All of this is what we're up against, and it shouldn't be this way! 

Let's take a look at the Constitution, which is the law of the land, not a recommendation, on what it says about guns and our right to protect ourselves...

*** Part 2: What The Constitution Says About Our Being Able To Protect Ourselves ***

How Democrats Look At The Constitution...

Before I jump into Part 2, I first need to address how Democrats look at the Constitution.

The Constitution was written to be the law of the land, it's our governing document. But the Constitution ties the hands of those who are power hungry and want to be a tyrant. The Constitution is to protect the citizens and Democrats hate that! Even the Constitution clear states the Constitution is the "Supreme Law of the Land"...

Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution explicitly states:

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

This clause, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties as the supreme law of the land, taking precedence over any conflicting state laws. The federal Constitution is above any state Constitutions and laws.

Clearly the Constitution is a legal binding "contract" establishing the laws for America. The idea that it can be changed simply because a judge or anyone thinks it should be changed is totally wrong. It's a contract which means it's legal and binding and cannot be changed. But Liberal Judges & the Democrats are constantly trying to change it's meaning.

The Constitution provides a mechanism for "amending" it. Amending it is fine if it's done in accordance to the requirements under the Constitution, but having judges to include Supreme Court judges changing it because Democrats don't think the laws, rights and freedoms within it doesn't apply anymore is wrong and not possible.

The job of the Supreme Court is simply to interpret the cases that come to it being in alignment with what the Constitution states. It's not to change the meaning of the Constitution, but instead, just like you'd review a contract, to clarify the meaning of it. If it's not addressed in the Constitution then the decision goes to the states like Roe Vs Wade... there's nothing in the Constitution about abortions so the Supreme Court fixed a bad ruling and sent abortion laws back to the states where each of the 50 states can and will have their own laws on abortions.

But if it is in the Constitution then all states must honor it. The 2nd Amendment gives us the right to bear arms and own guns, which is in the Constitution, so all states must honor it.

To get around it being a legal binding contract, 60 some years ago Democrats decided the Constitution is a living document, meaning it could be updated and changed over time to reflect changes to America (why they haven't been called out on this yet is baffling). This belief allows them to "justify" a liberal leaning Supreme Court changing the Constitution to reflect what they want like ending the 2nd Amendment to take away our guns and ending free speech (1st Amendment) so we can't reveal their lies (they fear the truth coming out more than anything). It's purely a power grab, one that has been in play and strategized for over 60 years!

Consider this... would you go into a "contract" with someone where a judge could decide the contract is a living agreement and can be changed over time if circumstances around the contract changes? 

Let me give you an example. Let's say you sold a car to an acquaintance for $5,000 and because they couldn't pay the full amount you agreed to $250/mo for 20 months, and you're really nice and don't even charge an interest on the loan. You have a contract crafted on the terms to include if they ever stop making payments you can take back the car.

The people who bought the car decided to put their children in private school with a monthly payment of $500 to the private school. But with this choice they're really stretching their budget and things get really tight. So they take you to court to have the judge release them from having to make payments on the car.

They get a liberal judge who doesn't consider contracts as "legal and binding", but instead as a "living document" which can be changed if circumstances change. The judge decides they've paid enough on the car and don't owe you any more money, and they get to keep the car.

This is what Democrats are trying to do with the Constitution... believing it can be changed because of changes with America since, as far as they're concerned, the Constitution is a "living" document. See the problem?

To take-over America and bring in Communism the Democrats knew they had to disarm us and end free speech, both of which are part of our Constitutional rights which is why they're attacking the Constitution as a whole and consider it a living document. It's all part of their long-term strategy! (If all you watch or listen to is the liberal Left media, you are probably thinking I'm a conspiracy theorist having made this comment about the Left trying to take-over America and bring in Communism. This is once again the Liberal media protecting the Democrats and refusing to report on any of this.)

They've even got their media writing articles saying we need to end the Constitution saying it's "outdated". They're doing this because they must end our Constitution to take the power away from the citizens and hand that power over to a hand full of elites.

Do you have any idea what has happened to the citizens of other countries when the government became tyrannical? After they forced in Communism?

Please, please, please, do the research to see just how disastrous it is to the citizen when the government becomes tyrannical, to see what happens to the citizens when they bring in Communism!!!!

Republicans believe the Constitution should stand as written, that it's a legal binding contract! It doesn't change and is there to protect American citizens while putting guard rails up to keep the government in check and serving the citizens. Republicans believe we will always have freedom of speech, religious freedoms, and the right to own guns per the Constitution, regardless of changes in America.

Democrats, on the other hand, believe they can change the Constitution to adjust for the changes in America. Republicans believe it can't be changed.

Republicans provide you with security and protections of your rights and freedoms, Democrats don't.

This is also the reason why the Supreme Court is so important to Democrats... because they want liberal judges on it to rule on constitutional issues based upon the Constitution being a living document to change its meaning to fit the desires of the Left. This is why they want to "pack the court" by changing it from 9 Justices to enough to where it would be left leaning.

Today it's right leaning thanks to Trump appointing 3 "originalist" judges to the Supreme Court during his term ending 2020. This means when part of the Constitution is on trial the Supreme Court will rule based upon the original writing of the Constitution, acknowledging it's a legally binding contract. 

If Democrats pack the courts, which even the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg said is a very bad idea, constitutional issues will be ruled based upon how the Left wants it to be since it's a living document and needs to reflect today's America, per Democrats. 

With Conservative Judges on the Supreme Court you're guaranteed your freedoms and constitutional rights. 

If the Democrats pack the court so it's liberal leaning, you have no guarantees at all. In fact, there's a strong chance they'll bastardize the Constitution so badly it won't be recognizable and they'll move America to Communism which is what they really want. Already Democrats are going against the Constitution on numerous things in hopes of tearing apart the Constitution to weaken it.

Side note:

In some states like WA, generally Democrat states, you can't use a gun to protect your property, which as you can see here goes against the Constitution and the "Castle Doctrine". In WA the only time you can use deadly force let alone a gun is when you absolutely have no other options and truly believe your life is in danger. WA and other Democrat ran states have made it very easy for criminals to steal from us giving criminals more power and us citizens very little power. And you wonder why the crime rate is so high!

Remember, I'm not an attorney so you will want to talk to an attorney for the laws in your city and state. What I'm going to show you here is WA law. As you'll see, the laws are confusing and not crystal clear, even contradictive, leaving a lot of room for corrupt, far-left prosecutors to go after people who exercise their 2nd Amendment right to defend themselves. 

According to Washington state law, deadly force is only justified in self-defense situations where a person reasonably believes they are imminently threatened with death or great personal injury. Property protection is not a sufficient reason to use deadly force.

• RCW 9A.16.020(3) authorizes the use of “non-deadly force” to prevent an offense against a person or property, but does not extend to deadly force. Actual wording...
  • (3) Whenever used by a party about to be injured, or by another lawfully aiding him or her, in preventing or attempting to prevent an offense against his or her person, or a malicious trespass, or other malicious interference with real or personal property lawfully in his or her possession, in case the force is not more than is necessary;
• Washington law does not permit using deadly force solely to defend property, even if the property has significant value or sentimental importance. (You'll see the contradiction to this following.)
• Deadly force can only be used in self-defense if a person reasonably believes they are in imminent danger of death or great personal injury.
• Courts have consistently applied this principle, as outlined in Washington Pattern Instructions (WPIC) and case law.

Now, on the surface this looks pretty bad for law-abiding citizens in WA. But a deeper dive provides more clarity...

Castle Doctrine:

Since I mentioned the "Castle Doctrine" let me explain it to you...

The common law principle of “castle doctrine” says that individuals have the right to use reasonable force, including deadly force, to protect themselves against an intruder in their home. This principle has been codified and expanded by state legislatures.

In the 1980s, a handful of state laws (nicknamed “make my day” laws) addressed immunity from prosecution in use of deadly force against another who unlawfully and forcibly enters a person’s residence.

Laws in at least 28 states and Puerto Rico allow that there is no duty to retreat an attacker in any place in which one is lawfully present.  (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia Wyoming.) 

At least ten of those states include language stating one may “stand his or her ground.”  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.)

Eight states (California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, Vermont and Washington), all Democrat ran cities, permit the use of deadly force in self-defense through judicial decisions or jury instructions. (Permitting the use of deadly force in self-defense through judicial decisions and jury instructions means that courts and juries have established legal guidelines for when a person can use lethal force to protect themselves or others from imminent harm. These guidelines emphasize the need for a reasonable belief in imminent danger, proportionality of force, and, in some cases, an attempt to retreat before using deadly force.)

In a nutshell, "through judicial decision or jury instructions" simply means you're going to be arrested and will have to go through court to see if the court and jury support your decision to shoot the person who broke into your home. This will bankrupt most.

Idaho’s law, passed in 2018, expanded the definition of justifiable homicide to include not only defending one’s home against an intruder, but also defending one’s place of employment or an occupied vehicle.

Self-defense laws in at least 23 states (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee West Virginia and Wisconsin) provide civil immunity under certain self- defense circumstances.

Statutes in at least six states (Hawaii, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota and Tennessee) assert that civil remedies are unaffected by criminal provisions of self-defense law.

One more thing to address here, since I'm using WA laws and codes as examples, is what Washington States Constitution says about owning a gun...

Washington State Constitution, Article I, Section 24...

According to Article I, Section 24 of the Washington State Constitution:

“The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men.”

WA says "shall not be impaired" while the federal Constitution says "shall not be infringed". What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between impair and infringe is that impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. While infringe is break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.

According to the Oxford Dictionary "impair" means, "To spoil something or make it weaker so that it is less effective!

Clearly WA's gun laws on limiting magazines to no more than 10 and banning all semi-automatic rifles is "impairing" our ability to defend ourselves, especially with the evil gangs and terrorist that has been let into America under Biden-Harris like discussed in Part 1.

In fact, I showed the significant way it's been impaired when I showed the difference between a semi-automatic and a bolt-action rifle when faced with a group of people trying to defend yourself.

Along with this, when there's a group of people coming after you, only being allowed 10 bullets max before needing to put in a new magazine gives us a huge disadvantage, impairing our ability to defend ourselves.

To learn more about this you can watch this video...

Additional Info on this case from another site (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment):

In a 5-4 decision, the Court, citing the intentions of the framers and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment, held that the Second Amendment applies to the states through the incorporation doctrine. The Court lacked a majority on which specific clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the fundamental right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense. While Justice Alito and his supporters looked to the Due Process Clause, Justice Thomas in his concurrence stated that the Privileges and Immunities Clause should justify incorporation.

Heller v. Bruen

In 2022, the Supreme Court further expanded upon the precedent set by Heller in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. In Bruen, the Court struck down a New York law requiring parties interested in purchasing a handgun for the use of self-defense outside of the home to obtain a license because the law issued licenses on a “may-issue” rather than a “shall issue” basis. This “may issue” licensing method allowed state authorities to deny interested parties public use licenses for firearms if the interested party was unable to show “proper cause” as to why they have a heightened need for self-protection over the general population. 

Furthermore, the Court disavowed the use of “means-end tests” many jurisdictions had adopted for the purposes of interpreting the Second Amendment, instead ruling that a Second Amendment analysis is limited to evaluating the historical nature of the right and whether a given use of a firearm or other weapon is deeply rooted in the history of the United States. Post-Bruen, courts can no longer use a standard scrutiny analysis like the one seen in Kachalsky v. County of Westchester to determine if a gun regulation is constitutional. Instead, a government wishing to place restrictions on firearm ownership must “affirmatively prove that its firearms regulation is part of the historical tradition that delimits the outer bounds of the right to keep and bear arms.”

In a concurrence, Justice Kavanaugh joined by Justice Roberts emphasizes that Bruen is not intended to invalidate “shall-issue” licensing structures or other restrictions on firearm ownership including fingerprinting, background checks, mental health evaluations, mandatory training requirements, and potential other requirements. Additionally, this concurrence draws a line between objective gun control measures, where an individual must pass a set of predetermined requirements, which are constitutional, and subjective gun control measures, such as licensing at a state official’s discretion, which are not. 

It remains to be seen how the ruling in Bruen and the sentiments espoused in this concurrence will influence cases going forward.

Second Amendment Rights – Protections for All Law-Abiding American 

While the Second Amendment is short in length, it is broad in the scope of its protections.

Gun laws vary by state, and some, such as California and Washington, have stricter regulations than others. That means the place you call home may impact exactly how and when you can exercise your Second Amendment rights.

I question all of the time how some states can have very strict gun laws and other states consider themselves Constitutional 2A states and have very few gun laws. I mean, shouldn't the 2nd Amendment be consistent state to state?

Take WA which banned semi-automatic rifles and magazines that hold more than 10 bullets... isn't this an infringement on our 2nd Amendment rights? When a Federal Judge in CA ruled limiting the size of magazines for guns is unconstitutional, shouldn't that have applied to WA also?

WA argued that their "reason" for this law was different than CA's so the ruling didn't apply to WA. Oh give me a break, that's the most pathetic copout ever! It's either unconstitutional or is Constitutional regardless of why you enacted that law. It was ruled unconstitutional!

Anyway, if you can legally purchase and own a gun, the Second Amendment guarantees your right to keep and bear arms regardless of city or state. It's suppose to anyway.

In simple terms, you have the right to …

Use Firearms for Lawful Purposes

The Heller decision ruled that self-defense is the core of the Second Amendment. The ruling specifically describes having a firearm “in case of confrontation” as the core lawful purpose for having a firearm. [I don't agree this is the core of the 2nd Amendment that the framers put in place, but it's definitely an important part of the 2nd Amendment.]

Own Lawful Firearms

The Second Amendment protects your right to own firearms subject to regulations meant to keep guns out of the hands of certain prohibited individuals. [5]

Additional Resources

The Second Amendment isn’t hard to grasp once you understand it, but many state laws make buying and owning a firearm a bit more complicated. Knowing your Second Amendment rights and how those rights are affected by laws in your state is essential.

Notes:

[1] Don B. Kates Jr., Handgun Prohibition and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment, 82 Mich. L. Rev. 204 (1983).

[2] George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 425-426

[3] District of Columbia v. Heller

[4] McDonald v. Chicago

[5] The Gun Control Act (1968), 18 U.S. Code § 922

Shouldn't Our Constitutional Rights Be The Same In Every State?

Marriage is recognized in all 50 states. Driver's licenses are recognized in all 50 states. Free speech is the same in all 50 states along with the other amendments, except the 2nd amendment!

Why is the 2nd Amendment singled out where states can determine what it means and what's allowed?

How can Democrat-run states infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights and ban semi-automatic rifles (CO is also trying to ban semi-automatic pistols)?

How can Democrat-run states infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights and ban magazines that hold more than 10 bullets?

How can Democrat-run cities and states infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights and twist the law and prosecute law-abiding citizens for exercising their 2nd Amendment rights to defend themselves and their property?

How can a Federal Judge in CA say limiting magazines to only 10 is unconstitutional, but then WA can get away with saying their "reason" for limiting the magazines to 10 is different than CA's reason so they don't have to follow the Federal Judge's ruling?

What a corrupt way to not follow federal laws! If WA can get away with this, every state can say their "reason" is different on federal laws so they don't need to follow the federal laws which will totally bastardize our legal system and federal laws! In this case it's either Constitutional or Unconstitutional and a Federal Judge in CA says it's unconstitutional!

Could you imagine states determining what's allowed under the 1st Amendment for free speech and our religious rights? Yet they're doing just that for our 2nd Amendment rights!

If they can get away with it on the 2nd Amendment they'll do the same on the other Amendments. Pretty soon we'll have Democrat-run states completely ignoring the Constitution and pushing Communism, and Republican-run states following the Constitution, all of which will create a very divided country... this is what we're heading toward if Democrats aren't reigned in from not following the Constitution.

Shockingly, I just ran across this video which supports my points here...

*** Part 3: Facts & Stats On Guns & Murders ***

Trying To Get The "Real" Numbers Has Been Challenging

But it shouldn't be challenging. Numbers don't lie, and just about every city keeps track of these key numbers. 

The problem is when trying to get to the real facts behind murders and guns the Left has intentionally skewed the information in order to support their agenda to ultimately disarm us. This is why you can't trust numbers found in the liberal media... they're to push an agenda!

In addition, Biden stopped the FBI from collecting crime & murder information from many of the cities in the U.S. especially the main cities where the most murders happen so we can't trust the FBI's numbers (see video below to back this point up). This is to intentionally skew the reports on the number of murders, crime and rapes during Biden's term. He wasn't after the facts (Democrats hate facts because they destroy their narratives), but instead to make himself look better and minimize the crime, murders and rapes during his term knowing that the mass immigration would increase these numbers.

Therefore, digging in to get the real numbers has proven to be quite the challenge. Fact is, Democrats don't want us to know the truth and want us to trust them and what they conclude as the truth around all of this.

The problem is, they have a specific agenda they're trying to push forward so they've intentionally had the numbers manipulated and the reports skewed so they create the outcome they want to push forward and the agenda they're after. It's been like this for years!

Democrats just do not want us to know the facts & truth behind many key topics.

In Part 1, I discussed how liberal policies have created an environment which doesn't deter people from committing crimes, raping women, or murdering people but encourages it.

Let me now share some videos addressing this point of how the stats are skewed and how the Left & media discard important facts around guns...

How The Media Manipulates Gun Statistics...

Here are the articles providing the details of the FBI updating their crime & murder stats:

• The Revised FBI Crime Data Reveals that it Originally Missed 1,699 Murders in 2022
• Real Clear Investigations: Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats

As I've shared other places, Biden-Harris knew the mass invasion of illegals into America would massively increase the crimes, murders & rapes so they told the FBI not to get crime stats from the biggest cities so they could skew the numbers to not reflect the increase in the numbers because of their open borders.

When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime.

But the FBI has quietly revised those numbers, releasing new data that shows violent crime increased in 2022, by 4.5%. The new data includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults.

Here are some key points shared from this video...

• The actual changes in crimes are extensive. The updated data for 2022 report that there were 80,029 more violent crimes than in 2021 broke down like this...
  • 1,699 more murders
  • 7,780 more rapes
  • 33,459 more robberies and
  • 37,091 more aggravated assaults

Have said it for years, the FBI has become political. Rather than putting out the facts, they're purposely hiding information to skew the reports to make Biden-Harris and Democrats look better.

Per one of the articles... Another problem with FBI crime data is its reliance on reported crimes. Most crimes go unreported, with only about 45% of violent crimes and 30% of property crimes brought to the police’s attention, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey. Since the FBI only tracks reported incidents and this gap is so large, researchers argue that when the media discusses crime rates based on FBI data, they should clarify that it reflects “reported” crime, not give the impression that total crime is changing.

Article continued to say... Nonreporting of crime doesn’t affect all crimes equally. Nonreporting of murder and motor vehicle theft is relatively rare. In murder cases, victims can’t be overlooked, and for auto theft, insurance claims require police reports. However, it’s difficult to fully trust even these numbers because the FBI underreported 1,699 murders and 54,216 motor vehicle thefts in 2022, casting doubt on the reliability of the data.

Or maybe it's the FBI we can't trust, maybe the FBI intentionally left these numbers out to skew the numbers to help Biden-Harris. I would not put this past the FBI to do.

Reality is, ultimately it's Democrat policies creating the bulk of these problems, creating the increase in violent crimes in America! But Democrats refuse to have this conversation because it would destroy their narratives which would destroy the agendas these narratives are pushing forward. This is why the top rule of the Left is to "always protect the narrative".

Let's get "real" about the murders...

In Addition To Being Difficult Finding The Information, Democrats Hide Information & Skew Their Reports...

It's sad but true, Democrat hide facts to push their agenda forward. Let me give you an example with a report on the "TOP 10 MURDER RATES IN THE UNITED STATES - 2020". I'm just going to show the top 5 because this informational page is already pretty long and what I'm showing with 5 states is consistent with all 10 states...

Democrats tell you, "The states with the highest murder rate are Republican states (Governor is Republican)". What they don't tell you is the murder rate in those states are high because of the Democrat ran cities in the state with most of the large cities being Democrat ran. It's these large cities what a high murder rate that have caused the state as a whole to have a high murder rate, but they don't reveal this information.

What's in Bold came from the report. The rest we added to explain it.

State . . . . . . . . . . Per Capita Murder Rate

Mississippi (R) . . . . . . . 20.50 (656 Murders, 131 Homicides)
Jackson: Democrat Mayor
The city’s homicide rate stood at 97.6 murders per 100,000 residents, a staggering 15 times higher than the national average of 6.5.

Louisiana (R) . . . . . . . . 15.79 (408 Homicides)
New Orleans: Democrat Mayor
New Orleans has consistently been the city in Louisiana with the highest murder rate. In 2020, the city reported 383 murders, with a rate of 30.7 murders per 100,000 residents, ranking it fourth in the top homicide city rates in the United States. 

Kentucky (R) . . . . . . . . 14.32 (291 Homicides)
Louisville: Democrat Mayor
Louisville is ranked as the most dangerous city in Kentucky, with a violent crime rate of 981 per 100,000 and 192 murders. The murder rate is 17.5.

Alabama (R) . . . . . . . . 14.20 (478 Homicides)
Birmingham: Democrat Mayor
Birmingham had 95 of the 478 homicides in 2020

Missouri (R) . . . . . . . . 14.00 (623 Homicides)
St. Louis: Democrat Mayor
St. Louis had a murder rate of 59.8 per 100,000 residents in 2016. From 2023 and 2024 report that St. Louis has set homicide records several times in recent years, with a total of 52 homicides in 2023, and a murder rate of 69.4 per 100,000 people, making it the city with the highest murder rate in the US.

I just want you to understand how Democrats skew the facts to support their narratives. But once you dig into it and reveal the rest of the factors and information you find it's not what the Democrats are telling you at all.

Along the same lines, Democrats are constantly saying there's a murder problem in Red States. What they fail to tell you is 27 of Top 30 Crime-Ridden Cities Run by Democrats. In this article it points out...

• “Those on the Left know that their soft-on-crime policies have wreaked havoc in the cities where they have implemented those policies,” authors Charles Stimson, Zack Smith, and Kevin D. Dayaratna, who are scholars in the Edwin Meese III Center for Judicial and Legal Studies at The Heritage Foundation, wrote in the report.
• It is not hard to understand why ‘reforms’ such as ending cash bail, defunding the police, refusing to prosecute entire categories of crimes, letting thousands of convicted felons out of prison early, significantly cutting the prison population, and other ‘progressive’ ideas have led to massive spikes in crime—particularly violent crime, including murder—in the communities where those on the Left have implemented them.
• As of June 2022, the top three cities with the highest homicide rates include Chicago, with 304 homicides; Philadelphia, with 240 homicides; and New York, with 197 homicides, the report said.
• The report also highlighted that 27 of the top 30 cities with the highest murder rates as of June 2022 were run by Democratic mayors, except for Lexington, Kentucky, and Jacksonville, Florida, which are run by Republican mayors, and Las Vegas, which has an independent mayor. [Like shown above, these large Democrat ran cities is what pushed the murder rate up in Red states.]
• More specifically, 14 of the 30 cities with the highest murder rates have “[George] Soros-backed or Soros-inspired rogue prosecutors,” the report said.
  • This isn't something I've addressed yet in this article, how Soros funds and backs extremely radical far-left prosecutors who are strong advocates of 'soft on crime' policies, emptying jails, not prosecuting 'protected classes', to name a few things, which helps to create chaos in the cities along with increasing the crime, rapes & murders.
• “There were 2,554 homicides in those 30 cities through June 2022. In the 14 cities with Soros-backed rogue prosecutors, there were 1,752 homicides, representing 68% of homicides in the 30 top homicide cities in the United States,” the report said.
• “When you remove the crime-infested, homicide-riddled cities from the state murder rate featured in the Third Way study, you dramatically lower the murder rate for that state, upending their conclusions and exposing the piece for what it really is: a straightforward attempt at political projection dressed up as a ‘study,’” The Heritage Foundation report said.
  • The Third Way study wrote an article stating Red States have a murder problem. (Click link to read)

As a rebuttal to the Third Way article linked immediately above, an article was written, The ‘Red State Murder Problem’? That’s Just a Democratic-Driven Myth. You can read it by clicking on the link since I've already explained what the real cause of Red States having a high murder rate is.

Remember, Democrats are agenda driven and facts interfere with the high majority of their agenda's.

This is consistent with Democrat narratives... just dig in, get the rest of the factors that play a role in the topic at hand and all of the facts behind it and you'll quickly see it's not what they are pushing. But what's even worse, is the government will pay people to skew the facts for them. They do this a lot with a lot of different agencies, companies and people.

We see this consistently with their climate change narratives. It's primarily only those scientists who require government grants and funding to stay in business that support the climate change narrative the Democrats are pushing. Independent scientist reveal the real facts and truth behind climate change and it's nothing like the Left is pushing.

But this is also why the Democrats are pushing so hard on censorship... to hide the truth to their narratives by stopping people from presenting facts which oppose their narrative. Democrats are more afraid of the truth than misinformation.

There should be laws against the government purposely and intentionally skewing the facts, hiding information and not telling us citizens the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!!!

Let's move on...

Facts Behind The Murders In America...

First, in Part 1 we addressed "Gun-Free Zones" so we won't be redundant here. That topic should've been both an eye-opener and it should piss you off what they're doing to make our children sitting ducks and using our children to push their agenda forward! There's no excuse for what they're doing.

In Part 1 we also addressed and showed you how Democrat liberal policies is the #1 reason for the murders in America. It's not a surprise that of the 10 most dangerous cities in America, 9 have been ran by Democrats for many years! Or how about the article which showed 27 of Top 30 Crime-Ridden Cities Run by Democrats.

Also, please be smart enough to realize guns don't kill, that it's the person holding the gun who pulls the trigger who is doing the killing! It's no different than someone driving a car that kills someone... do you blame the car or the driver? The driver, obviously. Democrats blame the gun as if it's a living breathing item that took it upon itself to kill someone... give me a break! But then again, Democrats are pushing some of the craziest things.

It's because Democrats are so committed to disarming us and look at guns as a living breathing item who by themselves can kill someone that...

• Democrats are also going after gun manufacturers for murders committed by their guns; 
• Trying to make it possible for murder victim families to sue gun manufacturers of the gun used to murder their family member;
• Trying to make it harder to buy ammunition to include putting a high tax on ammunition purchases and to even shut down ammunition factories;
• Consistently going after gun retailers and FFL's with incredible regulations and laws to force them out of business, or at minimum make it really hard to be in business of selling guns and being an FFL;

... and anything else they can do to infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights! They do not want us to have guns so they're creating "choke points" in every area of guns possible.

FYI, the Biden government has closed down a record breaking number of FFL's.

Now read this next topic and ask yourself, "If Democrats are so concerned with murders and people being killed, why are they so aggressively going after guns when there are other things that cause significantly more deaths?" This is another eye-opener...

A Synopsis Of Murders In America From 2016 (But Statistically Consistent Year After Year)... (I'll show 2022 numbers where I can)

There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. (48,000 people died from gunshot wounds in 2022.)

The U.S. population is 324,059,091 as of June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.00925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. (341,534,046 in 2022, 0.00014% of population dies from gun in 2022 which is a decrease in percentage from 2016.)

Statistically speaking, percentage of deaths to the population is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death:

• 65% of those deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws (there's a whole section on suicides below)
• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified
• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons – gun violence
• 3% are accidental discharge deaths

So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100 [in 2016]. Still too many?

Look at how those deaths spanned across the nation...

• 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago
• 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore
• 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit
• 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years)

So basically, 25% of all gun homicides happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of gun laws that is the root cause.

This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1.

Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault all is done by criminals and thinking that criminals will obey laws or gun laws is ludicrous. That's why they are criminals.

But what about other deaths each year?

• 40,000+ die from a drug overdose–THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT! (This jumped to 107,543 drug overdose deaths in 2022.)
• 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths (Still in 2022 many flu deaths got marked as covid deaths. In 2019 there were 52,000 flu deaths.)
• 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities (exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide) (42,514 deaths in 2022)
  • Are Democrats going to start blaming vehicles for these deaths and ban them like Democrats want to ban all guns because they blame guns for the murders? It's the same comparison!

But those deaths are nothing compared to the number of deaths from these things:

• 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital! (Over 250,000 in 2022.)
• 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to outlaw the double cheeseburgers! (874,613 in 2019, 21% of all deaths in 2022.)

So what is the point?

If Obama, Biden, Harris and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides. 

So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It's pretty simple... Taking away guns gives control to governments.

The founders of this nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace.

Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs.

Remember, when it comes to "gun control," the important word is “control," not “gun."

We Must Address Blacks In Relationship To Crime & Murders...

First, this is not an attack on my Black American brothers & sisters. It's to share how the Democrats created a narrative and a movement to push an agenda forward by putting a spotlight on a real problem we faced in America but then they blew this problem completely out of proportion, even pushed lies & ignored key facts, in order to push their agenda forward. We've all been played like fools.

One of the first set of statistics I want to share is who's doing most of the murdering in America... Blacks! 

Blacks are responsible for 53% of murders and 60% of the crime while only being 13.5% of the population.

FYI, FBI Crime Stats of Homicide Offenders in 2019:

• Blacks: 55.9%
• Whites: 41.1%
• Other: 3%

All of a sudden, the amount of crime & murders by blacks wasn't a factor. The sole factor became that Blacks are only 13.5% of the population and pushing the narrative that police are unproportionately arresting them.

Like duh... They're behind 53% of murders and 60% of the crime! It would be expected that police would be arresting more blacks than any other group because they're behind the majority of murders & crime. This was no longer allowed!

Instead they wanted to use a misleading statistic and use percentage of population (13.5%) to police involvement which they say is unproportionate and completely discard the most important factor which determines police activity... Amount of crime & murders. 

As far as policing goes, what percent of the population someone is is totally irrelevant. The amount of crime and murders, however, is key to police doing their job! The Democrats have reversed this.

Then there's BLM. In the beginning BLM was a grass-roots organization addressing racism and police brutality against Blacks. It was a worthy cause addressing a real problem in certain parts of the country (not wide spread in all states). BLM wasn't going anywhere until Soros got involved and took over BLM by funding it and giving it global media attention.

Democrats push identity politics (which is pure Marxism). With the help of Soros, who took over BLM in 2016 and gave it national recognition and then global recognition, they used the BLM movement to attack police to destabilize the country, and force the police to literally look the other way when it's a Black person doing the crime or murders. Blacks became a "protected class".

Police who arrested Blacks or where forced to shoot a Black person was demonized with quite a few prosecuted by liberal AG's/DA's to make them an example of what happens when the police arrest or shoot a Black person.

Consistently the media would tell a diluted version of what happened which portrayed the police involved as the bad guy and refused to tell why the policeman arrested or shot the Black person. The number of these stories where the media completely left out that the Black person had a gun and was threatening the police with it or shot at the police was shocking, all to push an agenda and get the populous all worked up to another "unjustified" encounter by the police, all based upon lies the media told.

The Democrats & Left took a worthwhile movement and completely bastardized it to push a completely different agenda to help push their objectives forward. The media who serve the Left was key in pushing the BLM narratives forward to create the global movement.

How strategic. Blacks (and white liberals) through the BLM movement attack the police for unproportionately going after Blacks by completely ignoring that Blacks are 53% of murders and 60% of the crime to stop the police from doing their job and allow Blacks to continue murdering and robbing people without consequences. Well played!

Unfortunately, this was just the beginning of the war on police which morphed to "defund the police" which caused a major exodus of police in Democrat cities that pushed it. We addressed the Defund The Police movement in Part 1.

Obviously the Democrats have an agenda here. Actually, this narrative supports multiple agendas, but that's not what we're here to discuss.

Democrats skew the numbers intentionally, and discard key factors so they can push their agenda forward. What I've shown in this article is typical of how Democrats skew the numbers and discard facts which go against their narrative to support their agenda and narratives. They've got it all down to an art.

So we start Part 3 out by showing you how the Democrats lie, skew the facts, ignore key factors all to push their agendas forward. For Democrats, facts aren't important because it's all about their narratives (also why they want mass censorship... to stop people from revealing the facts which then destroys their narratives).

With the media behind the Democrats, they used the media to change people's beliefs... to not trust the police, that police are racist, that blacks are innocent and are unfairly being attacked by police, etc, etc, etc. which unjustly created support for Blacks and dislike of the police. The Left could never achieve what they do if it wasn't for their media arm helping them push their narratives, the lies and skewed facts forward!

More Gun Stats Using 2022...

As to be expected and as I'll be showing you, the Democrats are lying about the gun stats, are skewing the facts, and are completely ignoring key facts!

The latest year we can review is 2022. We're in 2024 so we can't use it, and for 2023 people are still trying to collect the "real" numbers city by city and that simply takes time. So we'll have to fall back to 2022.

Just be aware, in 2022 we're still dealing with COVID which was an anomaly which threw off consistencies and statistics which is why we also use 2019 numbers.

In 2022...

Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-weapon-used/

This comes out to 17,830 murders (this report doesn't break out the murder like we showed above (suicides, police in the line of duty, accidental and homicides). But we can still make some important points from this information.

From this information we can see that murders by a rifle is minimal yet it's those scary military looking guns they want to ban. A few states have already gone beyond banning military looking guns and banning all semi-automatic rifles & shotguns!

Why? Why the attack on semi-automatic rifles when they're such a small number of the deaths?

Worried about mass shootings? Stop creating gun-free zones so good guys with a gun can put the shooter down quickly! (Part 5 addresses good guys with a gun)

It's very clear the banning of semi-automatic rifles is about control, not reducing murders. It's a tyrannical state government taking the citizens ability to defend themselves away from them!

While America may be #2 in most gun related deaths, when you remove suicides (65%), Police in the line of duty (15%) and accidental discharges (3%), homicides in America is bit over 5,000. America's gun homicide rate is 3.96 per 100k people (homicides is a sub-set of murders and gun deaths, thus, why a lower amount) which in this report is 0.44% of deaths in the country. 

America as a whole is actually pretty safe, or has been pretty safe until Biden-Harris let in between 1.5 to 5 million really bad people (murderers, rapist, criminals, terrorist). Over the next few years I expect to see the murder rate in America increase because of who Biden-Harris have allowed to enter America with virtually no vetting! Weekly the murders, rapes & crime increases by the illegals in America. But this isn't the fault of guns, it's because of who they let into America with virtually no vetting!

Special Report On Firearms

Reference: Gun Ownership by State (2024 Statistics)

Here are some facts...

• Montana has the highest amount of gun owners (66.3%).
• Wyoming has the most guns per capita, with 245.8 firearms for every 1,000 residents.
• New Jersey has the lowest rate of gun ownership at only 8.9% of the population and the least amount per capita (1.1 for every 1,000 people). 
• The top 5 states for gun ownership comprise only 0.8% of the nation’s firearm-related homicides (185 homicides between all 5 states). Proof that a lot of gun owners in a state doesn't mean increased murders. To back this up, look at this next bullet...
• The bottom 5 states for gun ownership comprise 4% of the nation’s firearm-related homicides (1,038 firearm-related homicides).
• According to surveys, 36% of gun owners are white, 24% are black, and 15% are Hispanic. 
• Recent polls show that 32% of adults in the U.S. own at least one firearm.
• 72% of gun owners say the main reason for owning a firearm is for protection.

Gun ownership by political affiliation

This is also an interesting comparison, gun ownership by political affiliation...

Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/

Sources

• Gun Ownership Facts
• Gun Ownership Statistics
• Everytown Gun Laws
• Global Firearm Deaths
• Global Gun Ownership
• Demographics of Gun Ownership in the U.S.
• Main Reason U.S. Gun Owners Own a Gun
• What Percentage of Americans Own Guns
• Number of Registered Guns per State
• ATF Firearm Tracing
• Supreme Court Civilian Firearm Ownership

More Gun Facts - Misc

From Fact Sheet: Guns Save Lives 

A. Guns save more lives than they take; prevent more injuries than they inflict

• Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year — or about 6,850 times a day. [1] This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. [2]
• Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. [Why it makes no sense that liberal WA makes brandishing your gun illegal, and why ID is smart to allow it.] Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound his/her attacker.[3]  [In WA it will be more than 8% of the time because brandishing a gun is illegal.]
• As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse.[4]
• Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense. According to the Clinton Justice Department, there are as many as 1.5 million cases of self-defense every year. The National Institute of Justice published this figure in 1997 as part of “Guns in America” — a study which was authored by noted anti-gun criminologists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig.[5]
• Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606).[6] And readers of Newsweek learned that “only 2 percent of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal. The ‘error rate’ for the police, however, was 11 percent, more than five times as high.” [7] [A bit of an eye-opener.]
• Handguns are the weapon of choice for self-defense. Citizens use handguns to protect themselves over 1.9 million times a year. [8]

B. Concealed carry laws help reduce crime

• Nationwide: one-half million self-defense uses. Every year, as many as one-half million citizens defend themselves with a firearm away from home. [9] * Concealed carry laws are dropping crime rates across the country. A comprehensive national study determined in 1996 that violent crime fell after states made it legal to carry concealed firearms. The results of the study showed:
  • States which passed concealed carry laws reduced their murder rate by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%; [10] and * If those states not having concealed carry laws had adopted such laws in 1992, then approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and over 11,000 robberies would have been avoided yearly.[11]
• Vermont: one of the safest five states in the country. In Vermont, citizens can carry a firearm without getting permission… without paying a fee… or without going through any kind of government-imposed waiting period. And yet for ten years in a row, Vermont has remained one of the top-five, safest states in the union — having three times received the “Safest State Award.”[12]
• Florida: concealed carry helps slash the murder rates in the state. In the fifteen years following the passage of Florida’s concealed carry law in 1987, over 800,000 permits to carry firearms were issued to people in the state. [13] FBI reports show that the homicide rate in Florida, which in 1987 was much higher than the national average, fell 52% during that 15-year period — thus putting the Florida rate below the national average. [14]
• Do firearms carry laws result in chaos? No. Consider the case of Florida. A citizen in the Sunshine State is far more likely to be attacked by an alligator than to be assaulted by a concealed carry holder.
  • During the first fifteen years that the Florida law was in effect, alligator attacks outpaced the number of crimes committed by carry holders by a 229 to 155 margin.
  • And even the 155 “crimes” committed by concealed carry permit holders are somewhat misleading as most of these infractions resulted from Floridians who accidentally carried their firearms into restricted areas, such as an airport. [15]

C. Criminals avoid armed citizens

• Kennesaw, GA. In 1982, this suburb of Atlanta passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to the modest 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole. [16]
• Ten years later (1991), the residential burglary rate in Kennesaw was still 72% lower than it had been in 1981, before the law was passed. [17]
• Nationwide. Statistical comparisons with other countries show that burglars in the United States are far less apt to enter an occupied home than their foreign counterparts who live in countries where fewer civilians own firearms. Consider the following rates showing how often a homeowner is present when a burglar strikes:
  • Homeowner occupancy rate in the gun control countries of Great Britain, Canada and Netherlands: 45% (average of the three countries); and, * Homeowner occupancy rate in the United States: 12.7%. [18] Rapes averted when women carry or use firearms for protection
• Orlando, FL. In 1966-67, the media highly publicized a safety course which taught Orlando women how to use guns. The result: Orlando’s rape rate dropped 88% in 1967, whereas the rape rate remained constant in the rest of Florida and the nation. [19] [I've shared a few times in this article that the Government should pay for or create classes on guns and here we have the results of having done that. These and other gun classes should be national in all states and cities. Banning certain guns and other gun laws is not the solution, like I've proven throughout this article.]
• Nationwide. In 1979, the Carter Justice Department found that of more than 32,000 attempted rapes, 32% were actually committed. But when a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of the attempted rapes were actually successful. [20] Justice Department study:
• 3/5 of felons polled agreed that “a criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun.” [21]
• 74% of felons polled agreed that “one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime.”[22] * 57% of felons polled agreed that “criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police.” [23]

Reference:

[1] Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense With a Gun,” 86 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Northwestern University School of Law, 1 (Fall 1995):164. Dr. Kleck is a professor in the school of criminology and criminal justice at Florida State University in Tallahassee. He has researched extensively and published several essays on the gun control issue. His book, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America, has become a widely cited source in the gun control debate. In fact, this book earned Dr. Kleck the prestigious American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang award for 1993. This award is given for the book published in the past two to three years that makes the most outstanding contribution to criminology. Even those who don’t like the conclusions Dr. Kleck reaches, cannot argue with his impeccable research and methodology. In “A Tribute to a View I Have Opposed,” Marvin E. Wolfgang writes that, “What troubles me is the article by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz. The reason I am troubled is that they have provided an almost clear-cut case of methodologically sound research in support of something I have theoretically opposed for years, namely, the use of a gun in defense against a criminal perpetrator…. I have to admit my admiration for the care and caution expressed in this article and this research. Can it be true that about two million instances occur each year in which a gun was used as a defensive measure against crime? It is hard to believe. Yet, it is hard to challenge the data collected. We do not have contrary evidence.” Wolfgang, “A Tribute to a View I Have Opposed,” The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, at 188.

Wolfgang says there is no “contrary evidence.” Indeed, there are more than a dozen national polls — one of which was conducted by The Los Angeles Times — that have found figures comparable to the Kleck-Gertz study. Even the Clinton Justice Department (through the National Institute of Justice) found there were as many as 1.5 million defensive users of firearms every year. See National Institute of Justice, “Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms,” Research in Brief (May 1997).

As for Dr. Kleck, readers of his materials may be interested to know that he is a member of the ACLU, Amnesty International USA, and Common Cause. He is not and has never been a member of or contributor to any advocacy group on either side of the gun control debate.

[2] According to the National Safety Council, the total number of gun deaths (by accidents, suicides and homicides) account for less than 30,000 deaths per year. See Injury Facts, published yearly by the National Safety Council, Itasca, Illinois.

[3] Kleck and Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime,” at 173, 185.

[4]Kleck and Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime,” at 185.

[5]Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig, “Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms,” NIJ Research in Brief (May 1997); available at https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf on the internet. The finding of 1.5 million yearly self-defense cases did not sit well with the anti-gun bias of the study’s authors, who attempted to explain why there could not possibly be one and a half million cases of self-defense every year. Nevertheless, the 1.5 million figure is consistent with a mountain of independent surveys showing similar figures. The sponsors of these studies — nearly a dozen — are quite varied, and include anti-gun organizations, news media organizations, governments and commercial polling firms. See also Kleck and Gertz, supra note 1, pp. 182-183.

[6]Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America, (1991):111-116, 148.

[7]George F. Will, “Are We ‘a Nation of Cowards’?,” Newsweek (15 November 1993):93.

[8]Id. at 164, 185.

[9]Dr. Gary Kleck, interview with J. Neil Schulman, “Q and A: Guns, crime and self-defense,” The Orange County Register (19 September 1993). In the interview with Schulman, Dr. Kleck reports on findings from a national survey which he and Dr. Marc Gertz conducted in Spring, 1993 — a survey which findings were reported in Kleck and Gertz, “Armed Resistance to Crime.”

[10]One of the authors of the University of Chicago study reported on the study’s findings in John R. Lott, Jr., “More Guns, Less Violent Crime,” The Wall Street Journal (28 August 1996). See also John R. Lott, Jr. and David B. Mustard, “Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns,” University of Chicago (15 August 1996); and Lott, More Guns, Less Crime (1998, 2000).

[11]Lott and Mustard, “Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns.”

[12]Kathleen O’Leary Morgan, Scott Morgan and Neal Quitno, “Rankings of States in Most Dangerous/Safest State Awards 1994 to 2003,” Morgan Quitno Press (2004) at http://www.statestats.com/dang9403.htm. Morgan Quitno Press is an independent private research and publishing company which was founded in 1989. The company specializes in reference books and monthly reports that compare states and cities in several different subject areas. In the first 10 years in which they published their Safest State Award, Vermont has consistently remained one of the top five safest states.

[13]Memo by Jim Smith, Secretary of State, Florida Department of State, Division of Licensing, Concealed Weapons/Firearms License Statistical Report (October 1, 2002).
14Florida’s murder rate was 11.4 per 100,000 in 1987, but only 5.5 in 2002. Compare Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States,” Uniform Crime Reports, (1988): 7, 53; and FBI, (2003):19, 79.

[15]John R. Lott, Jr., “Right to carry would disprove horror stories,” Kansas City Star, (July 12, 2003).

[16]Gary Kleck, “Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force,” Social Problems 35 (February 1988):15.

[17]Compare Kleck, “Crime Control,” at 15, and Chief Dwaine L. Wilson, City of Kennesaw Police Department, “Month to Month Statistics: 1991.” (Residential burglary rates from 1981-1991 are based on statistics for the months of March – October.)

[18]Kleck, Point Blank, at 140.

[19]Kleck, “Crime Control,” at 13.

[20]U.S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Rape Victimization in 26 American Cities (1979), p. 31.

[21]U.S., Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, “The Armed Criminal in America: A Survey of Incarcerated Felons,” Research Report (July 1985): 27.

[22]Id.

[23]Id.

Knives Used In Murders

In the countries where they've disarmed their citizens or have greatly restricted their ownership and usage of guns like not allowing them to take them into public, knives is the top way people are being murdered. Evil people will always find a way to threaten people and murder people.

In Mexico just south of America in 2021 there were 4,820 deaths by knives. In Brazil there were 8,912 deaths by knives. Like I said, if people want to kill someone they'll find a way. Muggings don't always happen with a gun. Knives are commonly used too.

Link: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stabbing-deaths-by-country

Even in America, knife deaths are greater than deaths by a rifle. Yet it's those scary military looking rifles some states have banned and other Democrat ran states are trying to ban, which went from "military looking rifles" to all semi-automatic rifles! As you can see in the image, which I already shared above, knife deaths are almost 3 times greater than rifle deaths...

Suicides

It is true that guns is a top way people take their own lives, but it's far from the only way. Fact is, if someone wants to kill themselves they'll find a way. In fact, “some gun control policies may reduce the number of gun suicides, but they have not yet been shown to reduce the overall risk of suicide in any population.” [620]

Along this same point, in 2018, the RAND Corporation published an expansive review of the “Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States.” [621] With regard to background checks and safe-storage laws, the study found “moderate evidence” that they reduce firearm suicides and “limited evidence” that they reduce overall suicides.[622] Concerning a phenomenon called “substitution,” the review found:

• The consensus among public health experts is that reducing firearm suicides in contexts where more-lethal means of attempting suicide are unavailable will result in reductions in the total suicide rate…. Nevertheless, it is also clear that some people prevented from attempting suicide with a firearm will substitute another lethal means and successfully end their lives. The rate at which this substitution occurs is not known. Thus, for laws that increase or decrease firearm suicides, the effects on total suicides are likely smaller and harder to detect. [623]

For example, in Australia where they've disarmed their citizens the #1 way of committing suicide is by hanging (44%). People who want to die will find a way.

But if politicians were truly concerned about suicides they wouldn't be pushing & supporting assisted suicides. It's a complete contradiction!

Assisted suicide, also known as physician-assisted death or medical aid in dying, is legal in 10 states in the United States: California, Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Washington D.C., and Hawaii (notice they're all Democrat ran states). Montana has a disputed status, with a court ruling allowing assisted suicide, but no explicit legislation.

Whether someone takes their own life with a gun or they have an assisted suicide, how can you separate the two? How can you make a big stink about suicide with a gun and not "assisted suicides"? The end results is still the same... someone dies, and in both cases they wanted to die!

This is the kind of stuff that just infuriates me... politicians screaming bloody murder with the suicide rate and the suicides by gun in America, but then supporting and pushing for "assisted suicides". It's a total contradiction!!!!

The truth is, it has nothing to do with suicides at all. Democrats simply use suicides by gun as part of their BS narrative to push for more gun control so they can ultimately disarm us. That's all this is about! Nothing more! It's the same with all of their other narratives they've fabricated to push more gun controls.

How Do Criminals Feel About Citizens Being Armed?

US Department of Justice Sponsored Study:

• 1 in 3 Criminals Has Been Deterred Because of an Armed Citizen

Over 1,800 incarcerated felons were interviewed, asking how they felt about civilians and gun ownership...

• 33% of these criminals admitted to being scared off, shot at, wounded, or captured by a gun-owning victim.
• 69% of them knew at least one other criminal who had similar experiences.
• 80% of felons also claimed that they intentionally avoid victims and homes that they believe may be armed.
• 1 in 3 criminals has been deterred because of an armed citizen
• 4 out of 5 felons avoid victimizing people that have guns.

Guns make us safer! It's not even close.

Where Do Bad People Get Their Guns

A 2016 survey of state and federal prisoners who possessed guns during crimes for which they were jailed found that they obtained them from the following sources:

• 43.2% through an illegal/street source
• 25.3% through family or friends
• 7.5% at a gun store
• 1.6% at a pawnshop
• 0.8% at a gun show
• 0.4% at a flea market.[317] [318]

It's all of our objective to get guns out of the hands of bad people who use them to rob us, rape our women and murder us. But that's no more going to happen than stopping people from getting drugs like the government tried to do on their "war on drugs" laws and movement.

Bad people will find a way to get a gun! Here in my local area there was a string of home robberies while people were at work. Hundreds of guns were stolen in these home invasions. Of course they were sold on the street to other bad people. 

Then there's our open borders. Anyone who says the bad people coming into America aren't also bringing in guns is on drugs and not being realistic! Of course they're bringing in guns!

You can't stop bad guys from getting guns, period, full stop. 

This is why you must flip the script and stop trying to hinder law-abiding citizens from being able to protect themselves, but instead make it far easier for us to protect ourselves like what you see in Idaho and their gun laws. 

Along with this, there needs to be state-sponsored gun classes covering all kinds of topics so American's are more prepared and educated on the proper use of a gun. Classes like...

• Gun safety
• How to shoot a gun the right way
• On self-defense with a gun (this could breakout to be multiple different classes like a class specifically for women on using a gun to protect themselves from being raped)
• On gun laws in the state... what you can do and can't do.

Don't make them mandatory, just make them available and you'll see thousands of citizens taking these classes because that's what responsible gun owners do. We want to be educated on the proper use of guns, and we absolutely want to protect ourselves and our family.

None of us want to kill anyone, but if we get put into a situation where there's no choice, it's the bad guy or ourselves or family, the majority will protect themselves, and rightfully so. So let's make sure people know how to protect themselves, are taught other options they can exercise to help reduce the deaths, and numerous other things. 

The problem is, Democrats absolutely won't look at this way, won't be realistic, and ignore the real facts all because they have an evil agenda which requires our being disarmed, so disarming us is their highest priority...

*** Part 4: The "Reasons" Democrats Use For Pushing For More Gun Laws All Of The Time ***

To really make this informational article complete, we need to look at the reasons Democrats want Gun Controls and to ban specific types of rifles. So let's look at their reasons and address them.

However, I still need to just say, "what part of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED do they not understand?"

Gun control laws consistently go against our Constitutional 2nd Amendment rights with each new law like banning semi-automatic rifles, limiting the magazine size to no more than 10 chip away at our 2nd Amendment rights, make us less safe, and help Democrats move closer to their ultimate goal of totally disarming us!

And let me say it yet again, "Bad guys (criminals, rapist, murderers, terrorist) do NOT follow any gun laws so gun laws are ONLY being applied to us law abiding citizens!"

I get that gun control in the United States is a contentious issue, with proponents arguing that stricter regulations are necessary to reduce gun violence and protect public safety, while opponents claim that such measures infringe upon the Second Amendment right to bear arms and that guns make us safer.

But if gun control laws were the right solution, then why do Democrats have to lie about gun facts, skew the facts, hide key information and numerous other things to push their narratives forward?

Laws should be based upon putting all of the information and all facts on the table!

But that's not what people do when they're focused on a specific outcome like disarming us.

Here are some key reasons why gun control advocates are pushing for more gun control laws:

Protection of public health and safety:

Proponents of gun control argue that limiting access to guns would reduce gun-related deaths and injuries, particularly among children, teenagers, and young adults. This is supported by the fact that the majority of gun owners (72%) cite personal protection as a major reason for owning a gun.

Response:

Throughout this informational article I've shared a lot of information about the true facts around guns, facts the Left refuse to discuss or even accept as being true because it goes against their narratives to ultimately disarm us.

Think about it, if the government is laser focused on disarming us don't you think they would do everything possible to hide facts or dispute facts that go against their agenda? 

Absolutely, and that's exactly what they're doing!

I was raised with guns. They were easily accessible to me as I was growing up. When I started driving, I carried my hunting rifle and shotgun on a gun rack in my truck. Daily I drove my truck to school with my guns on the gun rack. This was normal in the 70's and 80's.

We had no school shootings & guns weren't stolen out of our trucks. After school I'd go pheasant hunting during the season, and during deer season I'd go deer hunting for a few hours after school.

Guns were everywhere, yet we had no problems. Bad guys knew that if they broke into a house there was a good possibility they'd be looking down the barrel of a double barrel shotgun. Or if someone tried to shoot up a school, with the amount of fire power in the trucks at the school the mass murderer would be dead very fast! Talk about a deterrent at doing a mass shooting at a school.

This was back in a time when men were men! If a mass murderer came into our school there wasn't a hunter in the school who wouldn't have ran to his truck and got his gun and tracked that mass murderer down and taken him out! These were our friends in that school and we were not about to let a mass murderer kill them.

Now, I understand this isn't the case in big cities with large schools.

Fact is, the longer it takes for a good guy with a gun to arrive to stop the mass murderer the more deaths there will be... you want immediate responds, and that means good guys with guns there immediately to take the shooter out. But the only way that will happen is by having people on campus with guns on them. 

Or have armed people in the restaurant a shooter would come to. Or at the movie theater. A fact we must accept and act on is gun-free zones, including schools, workplaces, and public areas, are disproportionately affected by mass shootings where up to 94% of mass shooting occur.

Fast forward to today and we have all kinds of gun laws. What we don't have is people putting as much effort into solving the real problems as they are at trying to disarm us. That's because the more murders there are the easier it is to push through gun control laws so there's no motivation to want to solve the real problems!

We know where the high majority of mass shootings occur, but instead of ending them being a gun-free zone we have stupid politicians who want to create more killing zones we call gun-free zones. Come on, people, get smart about this. Gun control isn't going to stop mass shootings, but instead will increase it because the root of the problem isn't being addressed!

For example, the massive amount of predictive programming happening which invokes mentally unstable people's emotions to act on what they're being told is a growing problem. And no group is more guilty of promoting violence than Democrats and the Left, which is also the same group hell bent on disarming us. They know that the more gun murders there are the more gun laws they can pass... see how it works?

Now, I'm aware that the Left calls the "predictive programming discussion" a conspiracy theory but they do that because they're the main instigators of doing the predictive programming and don't want to be held to account for it. So rather than fixing the problem, they deny it's a problem at all.

I've been studying personal development and marketing/copywriting for 40 years. I will tell you straight up, if you hear the same thing from multiple sources over and over again you'll believe it. The Liberal media, Biden, Harris and Democrats are all constantly telling their viewers that patriots and MAGA are an extreme danger to our democracy. They're saying things about Trump like "he'll be a dictator" or that he's "Hitler and his supporters are Nazis" to get their supporters all worked up. (I could go on and on with the examples).

The point is, it's not surprising to see so many politically motivated murders.

But when these politically motivated murders happen by people on the Left the Liberal media and Democrats deny it and quickly sweep it under the carpet. That's not fixing the problem, but instead denying the root to the murders... predictive programming to mentally sick people.

Let's be blunt, we are a very divided country right now because of the Democrats "Identity politics" (which is pure Marxism to divide us) and the liberal media. You can deny it all you want, but that means we will not get to the root of the problem to fix the problem, which is another reason why Democrats just scream for more gun control.

I learned a long time ago that when faced with a problem you clearly define the problem with all of the facts surrounding it you can possibly find, and you always dig down to get to the root of the problem.

In so many cases, the root of the problem is Democrat policies and their identity politics, but there's absolutely no way they'll admit this so we can fix the problems. Thus, they push for more gun control so their viewers think they're doing something to fix the problem, but they aren't really.

So when it comes to public health and safety, until we get honest about everything and put all of the facts on the table so we can address the root of the problem, the problem is never going to get fixed. And as you've learned in this informational article, gun control laws just simply make us less safe and increase the crime and murders.

Child Deaths...

This topic also specifically addressed children (minors) being killed by guns so that also needs to be addressed. Nobody wants to see children needlessly killed!

Most of the analysis we found included 18-19 years old's who are adults. I believe they did this in order to say gun deaths is the #1 reason children are killed. We found it really hard to find stats that do not include 18-19 year old's, but found enough to show that when you remove 18-19 year old's gun deaths isn't the #1 reason children are killed.

Let's start looking at what we did find...

In one analysis, the analysis found that in 2020 alone, gun-related violence killed 4,357 children (ages 1-19 years old) in the U.S. By comparison, motor-vehicle deaths accounted for 4,112 deaths in that age range. But notice how they included adults (18-19) in this analysis to increase the number of gun deaths.

In this article we will already show that 18-34 year old's is the largest group of people killed by guns. Therefore, we need to remove the gun deaths of 18-19 year old's to get a more accurate count for deaths of children (minors). By removing 18-19 year old's the number of gun deaths drops down to 2,270, and the top reason for child deaths becomes motor-vehicle deaths at 2,400. 

Notice how by including 18-19 year old's it added 2,087 gun deaths which dramatically skewed the results and created a very misleading report on deaths of "minors". 

I also want to point out that over the years we've watched Google remove data that doesn't support the Left's narratives (gun control is major narrative of the Left's) so I'm not actually surprised we're having such a hard time finding the information we're looking for. It didn't use to be this way!

Let's continue digging in.

Ages 5-9:

Distribution of the 10 leading causes of death among children aged 5 to 9 years in the United States in 2020 and 2021 (focus on the Blue line which represents 2020 and is more consistent with trends because in 2021 we were dealing with COVID & lockdowns which created numerous anomalies)...

For this age group of 5-9 year old's we can see "unintentional injuries" as #1 by a large margin (31%) of which the high majority were vehicle accidents, shockingly followed by cancer (17.3%), then medical related problems (7.7%) and then homicides (7.6%). These are the top 4 causes of death.

While the Left continues to push guns as the #1 cause of death for minors, the truth is vehicle accidents of which most vehicle accidents were caused by using a cell phone while driving.

Ages 12-17:

Among adolescents ages 12–17 in 2020...

• 2,446 died from unintentional injuries (primarily vehicle accidents) (31.4%); 
• 1,592 died from suicide (20.4%);
• 1,253 died from homicide (16.1%);
• 568 died from cancer; 
• 219 died from heart disease; 
• 102 died from chronic lower respiratory diseases; 
• 75 died from diabetes; 
• 66 died from influenza and pneumonia; 
• 64 died from cerebrovascular diseases; and 
• 61 died from COVID-19.

In this age group you can see unintentional injuries (primarily vehicle accidents) is by far the #1 cause of death, followed by suicides (I've already addressed this in this article) and then homicides.

Also notice that drug overdoses isn't on this list even though it's a major cause of death for children. Between 2019 and 2021, drug overdoses surpassed cancer as the third most-common cause of death amongst US children and teens. Every race and ethnicity had an increase in overdose deaths in 2021. It was the third most-common cause of death in all groups except for Asian and Pacific Islander people.

The CDC categorizes poisoning deaths as those where a person was accidentally over-exposed to a wide variety of chemicals including household cleaners, drugs, and alcohol. Between 2019 and 2021, deaths attributed to narcotics and hallucinogens increased more than those from any other poisoning agent, leading to nearly twice as many deaths as the next most-common substance.

Of the 2,079 child and teen overdose deaths in 2021, 53% were attributed to narcotics and hallucinogens. Of those, nearly 75% involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.

The conclusion we found is homicide deaths are NOT the #1 cause of death for minors like the Left loves to state unless they add in 18-19 year old's who are adults in order to skew the results in order to mislead people.

This is not to minimize homicide deaths.

The other thing we found is homicide doesn't necessarily mean by gun...

Reference: Homicide Children - Crimes against Children Research Center

• Homicides of young children (ages 5 and younger) are mostly committed by family members through beating or suffocation. Victims include roughly equal numbers of boys and girls and offenders include substantial numbers of females. Homicides of young children may be seriously undercounted.
• Middle childhood (ages 6 to 11) is a time when a child's homicide risk is relatively low. Homicides of children in middle childhood show a mixed pattern. Some result from child maltreatment and others from firearms. Some are sexually motivated and some are committed as part of multiple-victim family homicides.
• Homicides of teenagers mostly involve male victims of male offenders using firearms. Most are committed by acquaintances (friends and gang members). This group declined by 61% between 1995 and 2005.

Sixty-five percent of firearm-related child deaths (remember, they include 18-19 yr old's) in 2021 were considered homicides, according to the CDC. Police departments reported detailed information on about half of these homicides through an FBI data-collection program called NIBRS. According to its data, 70% of firearm-related homicides in children occur either on a street or at home, while 0.7% occurred at a school. 

Take a look at this analysis...

The United States isn't even on the list.

In 2019 the United States murder rate was 4.99 per this report, no where close to the countries with the most homicides. The global average homicide rate is 6.9, which we're below.

By the way, the bulk of these countries with a high homicide rate are countries who have either disarmed their citizens or have extremely strict laws which denies their ability to protect themselves outside of their home. 

Let's look at these countries and see what the laws are for private citizens to own guns:

• Venezuela - Disarmed their citizens in 2012.
• El Salvador - Citizens can own guns but they have extremely strict rules and limits. Hardly any are allowed to have a gun outside of the home. Have a serious gang problem in the country.
• Guatemala - Citizens can own guns, but requires a lot of paperwork and approvals from different agencies to own one.
• United States Virgin Islands - Citizens can own guns with certain restrictions and requirements. No semi-automatic weapons, extremely difficult to get conceal carry permit, no open carry. In other words, very few people have guns, and even less can carry outside of their home.
• Colombia - Very difficult for a citizen to own a gun. No semi-automatic guns, no high caliber guns.
• Brazil - Citizens can own guns, but they can't take them outside of the home. Silva has however cramped down even more on guns moving toward disarming the citizens.
• Puerto Rico - Citizens can own guns. Since a 2020 law it's now easier and cheaper to own a gun which increased the number of people buying guns. However, their laws are still far more restrictive than America.
• Bahamas - Citizens can own guns, but with strict regulations.
• Belize - Citizens can own guns, but very strict laws. Waiting period that could be 6 mo's long, maximum caliber is 9mm, must have a reason to own a gun (owning a gun is considered a privilege), very limited conceal carry, 
• Honduras - Citizens can own guns. All guns must be registered, maximum of 5 guns. Until 1985 there were no real laws around guns, but since then they've greatly increased the gun laws. In 2007 restrictions were imposed on the possession of firearms, including a ban on openly carrying weapons in public. There are limits to types of guns can own.

Remember, Biden-Harris opened up our borders and have let just about anyone who wanted to come into America come in. There was very little vetting. We now have some of the most dangerous gangs in the world in America who will never give up their guns. 

Now, I will tell you, the murder rate has had a significant increase under Biden-Harris who are pushing those liberal policies that promote crime, murders and rapes and having an open border to a 6.81/100k nationwide. Why would they do this?

I can't say it enough, Democrats do NOT care how many American's die just so long as they can disarm us, and they always blame guns for the reason for the murders. With every murder (that fits in their narrative), ever mass shooting they immediately start screaming for more 'sensible' gun control laws, as if the gun laws they're pushing would solve the problem. They won't.

But people being murdered, especially children, invokes our emotions so people agree with more gun control laws because no other options are provided. IF Democrats provided actual solutions to these problems American's would jump on them over more gun control laws, especially if the citizens had all of the facts!

For now, we're just pawns in their agenda to try and disarm us. The more deaths the more success they have at moving closer to disarming us.

Finally, let's be blunt. It's tyrants running a country who don't want their citizens armed. An armed populous could end the tyranny and take back their county which is the very reason they're disarmed.

This is also a key reason why we have the 2nd Amendment... to stop a tyrant government and make sure the government serves the citizens!

Reduction of crime:

Some proponents of gun control suggest that limiting access to guns would decrease crime rates, as criminals would have fewer opportunities to obtain firearms. However, opponents argue that this would actually have the opposite effect, as law-abiding citizens would be unable to defend themselves against armed criminals.

Response:

This one is just pure BS! Criminals will always have access to guns on the black market. Plus, with open borders they'll just bring them into America through our open borders.

Consider the governments war on drugs... it failed miserably because people would just buy their drugs from drug dealers who specialized in drug distributions. In the same way, there is no way they will ever get guns out of criminals hands!

Disarm the populous and you just simply make it easier for criminals to rob us which will increase the crime. Take OH as an example. When they went "Constitutional Carry" without a permit in 2022, crime went down in 6 of the 8 largest cities in the state.

Plus, studies also show that citizens with a gun have far less of a chance of being murdered than victims who are not armed.

Throughout this informational article you will read numerous gun facts showing that by disarming the populous crime, murders and rapes will skyrocket!

Historical context:

The colonial history and revolutionary roots of America’s gun culture are also cited as factors in the ongoing debate. The Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms is seen by some as a fundamental right, while others argue that it is outdated and should be reinterpreted in light of modern society.

Response:

I addressed this one in Part 2, "How Democrats Look At The Constitution" which I encourage you to jump back up and read.

As discussed, Democrats consider the Constitution a "living" document that can change over time. If that's the case, then the Constitution is not a legal binding contract and is just a recommendation. Consider how asinine that is to consider that the law of the land, a legal binding contract which protects the citizens as just a "living" document that can and should be changed over time.

Remember, a key part of the Constitution is to stop a tyrant government from taking over which is exactly what the Democrat party has become. But I won't be redundant here when I've already addressed all of this in Part 2, "How Democrats Look At The Constitution" and below that with the subject, "What is the Second Amendment?" where I address the foundational purpose of the 2nd Amendment.

Balancing individual rights with public safety:

The gun control debate ultimately revolves around finding a balance between individual rights (as protected by the Second Amendment) and the need to protect public health and safety. Proponents of gun control seek to regulate firearms to prevent harm, while opponents argue that such regulations would infringe upon their constitutional rights.

Response:

If you're in a restaurant (or any other public place) and a man comes in with guns and starts shooting it up and killing people, at that moment you will be praying that someone in that restaurant has a gun to stop that murderer before you're killed! Tell me I'm wrong.

We also know the longer it takes for a good guy (like the police or a citizen who's conceal carrying) arrive on the scene to stop the shooter, the more people will be murdered. How long it takes for a good guy to arrive matters!

Above I already addressed that there are 5,100 homicides in America each year and that good guys with a gun save 500,000 - 3,000,000 lives each year. It's a no brainer to realize guns save lives.

Plus, like I'm consistently sharing, gun controls only apply to law abiding citizens since criminals and bad people do not follow any of the gun laws.

Let's compare Washington (WA) and Idaho (ID) which are bordering states. 

Washington: WA has far stricter gun laws than ID, but they all came after far left liberal Inslee became Governor and far left liberal Ferguson became AG in 2012.

• In 2010 the murder rate in WA was 2.28/100k
• In 2012 Inslee (Gov) and Ferguson (AG) where installed (both still in their positions in 2024)
• In 2015 the murder rate in WA was 3.04/100k
• In 2018 the murder rate in WA was 3.13/100k
• In 2020 the murder rate in WA was 4.89/100k (Record breaking murders)
• In 2022 the murder rate in WA was 5.0/100k (New record breaking murders)

As you can see, prior to Inslee and Ferguson WA had minimal gun laws and had a much lower murder rate of just 2.28/100k. Once Inslee and Ferguson got in they started pushing the typical progressive liberal policies which make us less safe while also passing numerous gun laws. You can see the results of it... the murder rate just continues to increase.

In WA all semi-automatic rifles are banned, no gun can have a magazine that holds more than 10 bullets, there's a 10 "business" day wait period (works out to 14-15 days), guns must be stored in a locked safe (hope you don't need your gun immediately like because of a home invasion when you're sound asleep), you must take a course, etc. The restrictions and what you can purchase is just absolutely ridiculous!

As the murders increased, Democrats scream for more gun laws while taking absolutely no consideration in the real reason why the murder rate was increasing. Let's be blunt, there is no way Democrats are going to blame THEIR policies for the massive increase in crime, murders and rapes in WA! Instead, they blame guns. 

As you can see, in WA they're following the typical Democrat strategy... Create the problem (policies to increase crime, murders & rapes), and then push the agenda forward you're after which is to disarm us. With this approach the problem will NEVER be solved, but instead will just continue to get worse!

Idaho: Is a Constitutional Carry state and a "2nd Amendment Sanctuary" state. Idaho is a real American state who fully supports the actual writing of the Constitution and our 2nd Amendment rights.

The murder rate in ID is only 2.2/100k. It's half of WA's murder rate and ID has hardly any gun laws in comparison. Equally important, ID is a Republican ran state and they're not pushing in the liberal policies which make the citizens far less safe!

Remember, bad guys do not want to get shot at so they avoid people, homes and businesses where people are armed. 

Let's look at a few more key facts...

Ohio: When OH went to "constitutional carry" (can conceal carry a gun without a permit) in 2022, crime went down in 6 of the 8 largest cities in the state.

Again, bad guys do not like being shot at, and now in OH criminals and bad people have no idea who may be carrying a gun, but they know the number of people carrying a gun has dramatically increased!

Other Key Gun Facts:

• For Conceal Carry, 8 states are "may" issue, 17 states are "shall" issue and 25 states are Constitutional Carry (now 28)
• In the "right-to-carry" states violent crime is 24% lower, murder rates are 28% lower and robbery rates are 50% lower than the "may" issue states.
• May Issue: CA, CT, DE, HI, MD, MA, NJ, NY
• 1 in 3 criminals has been deterred because of an armed citizen 
• 4 out of 5 felons avoid victimizing people that have guns
• 25% of all gun crimes happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, proving strict gun laws increase murders! 

Mass Shootings and Gun Violence: 

The US experiences a high rate of gun violence, with an average of 114,994 people shot annually, including murders, assaults, accidents, police intervention, suicide attempts, and suicides (Source: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence). Mass shootings, defined as incidents with four or more victims, have become increasingly frequent and deadly.

Response:

I pulled these top reasons why Democrats want more "gun control" from a Google search. Notice how they stated that there's an average of 114,994 people shot annually. They're not talking about murders here, they're just saying "shot". Many who are shot don't die, they're just wounded.

The gun homicide deaths is significantly less... 5,100! 

I have a complete section on Mass Shootings in Part 1... "Gun-Free Zones Are A Magnet To Sick Murderers... It's Their #1 Place To Murder Lots Of People! Why?" I encourage you to jump back up there and read it since I already address mass shootings there.

Loopholes and Unregulated Sales:

The “gunshow loophole” allows private sellers to bypass background checks, and the “Charleston loophole” permits gun purchases without background checks if the FBI takes too long to complete the check. Additionally, some states have no permit requirements for purchasing firearms.

Response:

Gun-show loophole: 

In 1998 they started the background checks. In the United States, anybody who wants to buy a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) is subject to a background check. Since 1998, when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, went online, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has processed more than 320 million of them.

They're saying the overwhelming majority of gun background checks take just minutes to clear the would-be buyer. Only 2 percent result in a rejection because of a disqualifying record in the shopper’s personal history. (You can learn more about these background checks here: Everything You Need to Know About Federal Background Checks)

You should know, one of the things the background looks at is to make sure you're an American citizen. But we have Democrats giving millions of the illegals who have come into America the past 3 1/2 years under the Biden-Harris Admin social security numbers and drivers licenses, and the Biden-Harris Admin refuses to give a list of illegals to the states or anyone, so how do we know if they're an American citizen? We don't!

Even the government is breaking the law by not making sure non-citizens can't buy guns! And frankly, it's the illegals coming into America that we need to worry about the most, especially since there are between 1.5-5 million very bad people who the Biden-Harris Admin have let into America not to mention their letting in millions of military age men from countries who hate America. 

Consistently we're watching the Biden-Harris Admin enforce laws on American citizens, but not illegal aliens. It's like the illegal aliens have more rights & freedoms than citizens do!

On top of this, remember, the bad guys don't do background checks. They don't follow ANY of the gun laws. They buy their guns on the street, or they steal guns from home invasions and other ways. But they absolutely do NOT follow any gun laws. That means it's only the law abiding citizens who are being required to do background checks.

So why would the government want universal background checks? Because they want to build a list of gun owners like the tyrants they are. It's been well documented that the first thing a tyrant government does is disarm their citizens, but they need a list of gun owners to do this quickly! Be very clear about this, this is the first thing you need to understand.

But let's play along.

Requiring citizens to do a background check isn't necessarily a bad thing because ultimately we want to keep guns out of the hands of truly bad people. The problem is, we are watching a massive over reach of government like stopping veterans from owning a gun because they have someone else handling their finances. For obvious reasons (obvious to those who are paying attention), the government is constantly trying to remove guns out of veterans hands who are people who were taught how to use guns.

Us private citizens use to be able to privately sell our guns. Growing up I remember looking in the classified ads in the newspaper to find a gun to buy. But as time has moved on, the Government has passed more laws to control what we can do.

Private gun sales don’t require a background check, whereas purchases from a licensed dealer or a gun show do. This is what’s known as the “gun show loophole” (terrible name for it). Therefore the government wants to end all "private sales" of guns and force all gun sales through FFL. This would also make it easier to regulate FFL's and gun sales giving the government a double benefit to this move.

There are a lot of people who do not trust the government, for good reason, and are watching specifically the Democrats skew the gun facts to try and ultimately disarm us. People are watching the government over reach on gun laws. For example, for years they've been saying American's should not own "assault" weapons or "guns of war", but couldn't explain what an assault weapon was. In the end they turned this around to meaning we can't own any semi-automatic rifles at all, which are now banned in a few states like WA! That's a massive over reach, and is unconstitutional!

First, does the Constitution say we can't own assault weapons or guns of war? No! In fact the Constitution says the contrary, that we citizens need to have the "arms" with the understanding to stop a tyrant government which would clearly mean we should be able to have weapons of war! This is the foundation of the 2nd Amendment! I discussed this above in Part 2 under "What is the Second Amendment?".

Moving forward, nobody wants to be on a gun list because when the government does make their move to disarm us, which they are clearly moving toward, by their being a list of gun owners the government can covertly go house to house to take people's guns. By the way, it's against the Constitution for the government to build a list of gun owners, but they're using "background checks" to get around this! See how they create a narrative to create the outcome they're ultimately after? This is a good example of that.

But let's continue to play along.

If this was so important that a background check happens, why doesn't the government create a citizens website portal for gun background checks? Why do they have to go through FFL?

Again, it's about "control".

Plus, by going through a FFL citizens now lose some of the money from the purchase of the gun. FFL's don't do background checks for free.

You see, there are solutions but again we are watching the government want "control" over creating sensible solutions more people would be open to. And like mentioned, by everything going through a FFL it allows the government to put more restrictions, regulations and control mechanisms on the FFL to make it harder to sell our privately owned guns to other people!

Also be aware, under Biden-Harris they are shutting down FFL's left and right and creating regulations for FFL's to make it impossible for them to stay in business. This is just another of many ways the Government is trying to end our ability to buy guns!

Moving on, the Government has gotten away with passing unnecessary gun laws with the majority of these laws being based upon skewed information and not putting all of the facts on the table so a good decision can be made.

Most gun laws get passed after a mass murder when the citizens emotions are high and are pissed about American's being murdered by a sick person. But consistently, the laws they pass would do nothing to have stopped the mass murderer from getting a gun.

They don't care because that was never the objective with the new gun laws passed while emotions are high. All they care about is move forward at making it harder to get guns and to ultimately disarm us all.

Charleston loophole: The Charleston Loophole refers to a provision in federal law that allows licensed gun dealers to transfer firearms to buyers after three business days, even if the FBI background check has not been completed.

When researching background checks everyone was saying it takes just a few minutes for the background check to come back. If it takes longer, that's at the fault of the government and we citizens should not be penalized for it. By the way, this is another reason why states will do a mandatory wait period which is a way of making sure the background check comes back. I do NOT support "wait periods" and find them very dangerous!

First, why would it even take 3 days to get a response by the FBI? Here's the simple fact... A Democrat President would want to disarm us so I could easily see if a law was put in place that a citizen cannot get a gun until the FBI background check comes in, their delaying FBI reports for 1-2 weeks to create a national mandatory 1-2 week wait period. Democrats love waiting periods, but they're also very dangerous for citizens.

It's really hard to trust a government who's trying to end our Constitution and bring in Communism. Just saying, and I'm aware liberals will laugh at me for even saying that. But you have to remember, the liberal media isn't doing real journalism and telling people what's "really going on" so all citizens are on the same page. The Liberal media is simple helping the Democrats push their narratives forward which includes hiding key realities from their viewers.

I do not like waiting periods at all. I think they're dangerous.

Picture an estranged wife who has an abusive husband who's threatened to kill her. When she goes in to buy a gun she needs it now, not 3 days later, not 10 days later, she needs it now.

Same with a woman who has a stalker. Or what if a gang with guns comes to your community or neighborhood and you need protection from them?

There are so many possibilities! Will a few bad people slip through?

Yes! But remember, only 5,100 homicides a year compared to between 500,000 to 3 million lives saved each year by good guys with a gun. With these stats we're smarter to get guns into good law abiding peoples hands as quickly and easily as possible!

I don't disagree that we want to keep guns out of bad peoples hands. Then why aren't they enforcing our current gun laws? By the way, this is another Democrat policy... not enforcing current gun laws which has increased the number of murders.

Take the Tren de Aragua gang in Aurora, CO which are illegals aliens taking over apartment complexes and carrying guns... why haven't law enforcement disarmed them? As far as that goes, why haven't they all been arrested and deported?

The point is, Democrats consistently only enforce laws which support their agenda like trying to disarm us, and ignore laws that hinder their agenda. Democrats are pretty consistently "agenda driven". If the Tren de Aragua gangs start killing people you'll listen to Democrats start screaming we need more gun laws, which again, bad people don't follow, and does NOTHING to actually fix the problem like arresting these gangs and deporting them!

There's one more part to this gun discussion we need to look at. We have to look at both sides so let's also address how many lives have been saved because of guns and talk about "good guys with guns".

*** Part 5: Guns In The Hands Of A Good Guy ***

The one part of the gun discussion Democrats and gun control advocates absolutely do not want to talk about is how guns protect us, how a gun in a good guy's hand has saved millions of lives and how guns make us far safer! Throughout this article we've addressed how guns protect us. Now we're going to dig into "guns in the hands of a good guy"...

Democrats want to demonize guns to disarm us and then completely blow off their importance and value to Americans. Let's dig into the other side of this gun discussion...

Good Guys With A Gun Saves Millions Of Lives A Year, But The Government Under Democrats And The Left Doesn't Want You To Know This!

Let's start this discussion with the CDC's own numbers where they state between 500,000 - 3,000,000 lives are saved a year by people exercising their 2nd Amendment rights or from a good guy with a gun stopping a terrorist or mass murderer.

CDC Quietly Removed Defensive Gun Use Studies

Now, I would love to show you these statistics at the CDC website but they quietly removed defensive gun use studies in September 2021 under the Biden-Harris Admin which is discussed in this article: CDC Quietly Removes Defensive Gun Use Studies.

This is just more proof they are purposely and intentionally skewing gun/murder facts and are not including all factors because their objective is to blow smoke up the asses of judges to get the rulings they want to make it harder to buy and own guns and to eventually totally disarm us. 

Here's a few things shared in this article about the CDC removing this information:

Not too far in the distant past, you could jump on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website and see statistics and studies showing uses of a gun in defense of oneself or others far exceeded the number of violent gun crimes in the United States. However, a series of emails leaked in an article by The Reload indicates the CDC quietly removed the studies from its website upon the request of activists hoping to pass more gun-control policies.

Emails obtained by The Reload present a clear picture of gun-control activists lobbying the CDC for the removal of the report. Initial introductions to top officials at the CDC on behest of the activists were orchestrated by the White House and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) in a completely different set of emails.

In one email, one of the activists, Mark Bryant, wrote “[T]hat 2.5 million number needs to be killed, buried, dug up, killed again and buried again,” and that “Kleck’s estimate has been damaging to the political prospects of passing new gun restrictions and should be eliminated from the CDC’s website.”

The CDC initially resisted the removal of the study. But after a meeting in September of 2021, decided to go forward with the requests. Beth Reimels, Associate Director for Policy, Partnerships, and Strategic Communication at the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention, wrote “we will also make some edits to the content we discussed that I think will address the concerns you and other partners have raised.”

Never having been consulted on the removal of the statistics, Kleck stated that the “CDC is just aligning itself with the gun-control advocacy groups,” and “it’s just saying: ‘We are their tool, and we will do their bidding.’ And that’s not what a government agency should do.”

[My Comment: Shouldn't it be the objective of the Government to provide all of the facts so good decisions can be made? What you're reading here is how the government wants to hide information that goes against their "agenda" of disarming American's by chipping away at our 2nd Amendment rights until we just can't own a gun or afford to own a gun.]

It should go without saying, the government disputes the number of lives saved from the use of guns, especially now that a government agency, the CDC, has removed this information from their website. It's the typical, 'if we aren't saying it then it can't be true', as if the government is the arbiters of facts and the truth.

Fact is, nobody puts out more mis/disinformation than the government, especially under Democrat control, and they do this because they're agenda driven and facts get in their way!

That's not surprising because they're laser focused on ultimately disarming us so they can't allow any kind of positive reasons to own a gun or facts which dispute their narratives get in their way of achieving that objective. Unfortunately, it comes down to their bold face lying to the courts to make these positive reasons for owning a gun go away and be discarded.

Yes, I'm calling a spade a spade. They know the truth, but they can't allow the truth to get in the way of their objective so they have to discredit it in any way they can!

We now have even more clear proof our government is intentionally skewing the numbers and hiding facts which dispute their arguments to push unnecessary gun laws on us by trying to stop a government agency showing information which opposes their narratives and clearly shows guns save far more lives than they take.

The Media & Democrats Are Hiding Defensive Uses Of Guns...

In the article posted above, CDC Quietly Removes Defensive Gun Use Studies, it shared some information about using guns defensively. I'll share a little bit of that information here...

There are thousands of instances when a good guy saved many lives including his own families lives because he was armed and educated on how to use a gun. The courts including the supreme court and American citizens need to know how significant good guys with a gun is to the safety of American's!

Let me share more examples of good guys with a gun saving lives...

Armed Doctor Saved Lives...

Ref: Armed doctor saved lives

On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Lee Silverman undoubtedly saved many lives. Using a handgun, the Delaware County psychiatrist stopped what both police and the district attorney described as a certain mass killing at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital.

The attacker, Richard Plotts, is a convicted felon, which bans him from legally owning a gun. But Pennsylvania’s universal background check law did not stop him. Neither did the hospital’s signs banning guns [thank goodness the doctor ignored the sign and that the hospital was a "gun-free zone"].

The proposed federal law on expanded background checks that President Obama continually pushes is similar to Pennsylvania’s and would not have stopped Plotts either. Indeed, it is hard to see how it would have stopped any of the other mass shootings during his presidency.

At Mercy Fitzgerald, caseworker Theresa Hunt was killed when Plotts opened fire during a regularly scheduled appointment with Dr. Lee Silverman. Fortunately, the doctor had his own gun and returned fire, hitting Plotts three times and critically wounding him.

After firing all the bullets in his gun, Plotts still had 39 bullets on him, bullets that he could have used to shoot many other people. Silverman’s three hits, however, made it possible for two other hospital employees to tackle the wounded attacker and secure his .32-caliber revolver. Plotts has since been charged with murder and attempted murder.

Yeadon Police Chief Donald Molineux was clear: “Without a doubt, I believe the doctor saved lives. … Without that firearm, this guy [Plotts] could have went out in the hallway and just walked down the offices until he ran out of ammunition.” . . .

The rest of the piece is available here.

A Good Guy With A Gun Has Saved Many Lives In Florida – Something The Media Rarely Report

Thankfully, a heroic citizen with a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun was able to save countless lives in Florida Saturday when he shot a gunman who opened fire on a back-to-school event attended by over 150 students at a park in Titusville, Florida.

The media rarely give national news coverage to incidents like this, but responsible gun owners have stepped forward in this way many times before to save lives. In fact, concealed handgun permit holders have prevented dozens of mass public shootings just in recent years, while receiving only brief mentions in local news coverage.

Fortunately, only the attacker was injured in Titusville. The gun permit holder shot him in the head to keep the attacker from shooting any children and adults in the park. Neither the permit holder nor the attacker have been identified so far by police. The attacker suffered life-threatening injuries and remains hospitalized.

The presence of an armed “good guy” prevented the Titusville shooting from turning into a tragedy like school shooting in Parkland, Florida in February.

“Based on the information that we’ve gathered,” said Titusville Police Sgt. William Amos, “this person stepped in and saved a lot of people’s lives.”

The police responded within minutes, but the gun permit holder was right there the moment the attack started, enabling him to stop the attacker almost immediately. Law enforcement officers cannot be everywhere, so the presence of armed citizens is vital to provide an instant response to attackers.

[But just like the police are hesitant to step in when it's a black person in fear of being attacked and prosecuted by liberal AG's/DA's, conceal carry citizens in liberal cities hesitate to help at the onset of a possible mass shooting in fear of being prosecuted by liberal AG's/DA's causing more deaths than necessary. I'm telling you, liberal policies cause far more deaths than most anything else on this topic of guns.]

With over 1.7 million concealed handgun permit holders, Florida sees more than its share of defensive gun uses.

Late last November, an employee with a concealed handgun permit stopped a mass public shooting at an auto repair shop in Rockledge, Florida.

The attacker, armed with a .45-caliber handgun and multiple magazines, killed one person and severely wounded another in the repair shop’s parking lot. The local television station quoted the police saying that the attack “could have been even worse” if not for the “good Samaritan.”

“This business was packed today with customers and employees,” noted Karen Parks, a reporter at the scene.

In one interesting case in June, police say 36-year-old Christopher Raymond Hill robbed a Jacksonville Walmart and then tried to carjack someone’s car at knifepoint, slashing the man on his arms and legs.

Fortunately, the driver had his permitted concealed handgun with him, and Hill tried carjack another vehicle, according to police. But that driver also had her gun. Hill then gave up, and hid in the restroom of a nearby store until police arrived, authorities said.

Similarly, in another state in late May, two gun permit holders stopped an attack at a restaurant in Oklahoma City. Juan Carolos Nazario fired the fatal shots at the shooter.

“I just did what I had to do. I’m very glad no innocent lives were taken but ultimately, there was a life taken,” Nazario said. USA Today credited him with “a restaurant full of innocent lives potentially saved.”

PoliceOne sometimes surveys its 450,000 members – 380,000 active-duty and 70,000 retired law enforcement officers. A March 2013 survey by the group found 86 percent of members believing that casualties from mass public school shootings (such as the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack in Connecticut) could be reduced or “avoided altogether” if citizens had carried permitted concealed handguns in those places. [Knowing what we do about gun-free zones and mass shootings, it absolutely baffles me why we're allowing this to happen when all we need to do is arm staff in the school, even end gun-free zones. This is addressed in the report...]

Also in the survey, 77 percent of the law enforcement officers supported “arming teachers and/or school administrators who volunteer to carry at their school.” No other policy to protect children and school staff had such widespread support.

Schools in 21 states allow teachers and staff to carry permitted concealed handguns, and there haven't been any noticeable problems. With good Samaritans stopping so many mass public shootings around the country, allowing permitted teachers to carry should be a no-brainer.

Police know how incredibly law-abiding permit holders are, and they realize the limitations of uniformed guards.

In any attack, uniformed guards and law enforcement officers are the first target. Killers will try to take them out in the hopes of then having free rein to kill others. In places where concealed carry is prohibited, the absence of police means a soft target.

Other surveys of police show similar overwhelming support for allowing Americans to carry concealed handguns.

Police know how important their own work is to stopping crime, but they also understand that they almost always arrive at crime scenes after a crime has occurred. Seconds matter when someone fires into a crowd, such as the one that gathered at the back-to-school rally in Titusville on Saturday.

Many children were saved Saturday. Let’s hope that permit holders will soon be protecting more children.

Here's another story of a good guy with a gun in Indiana in Oct 29, 2024 stopping a mass shooter who left one person dead (shooter) and nine others injured.