2. Facts
There are +300million guns in the United States. (NPR.org)
Mass shootings account less than 2% annual deaths in the US. (Trace.org)
The Second amendement
5. Assault Weapons
Military grade weapons modified for
Civilian use
High Capacity magazines
Designed for harming and maiming
humans
Including Submachine guns
6. Federal Ban of Assault Weapons
The Brady Bill
Enacted under Bill Clinton’s Presidency
Banned the sale of Semi-Auto Assault Rifles
Expired in 2004 at the end of the bill’s term
7. Federal Assault Weapon Ban Cont.
New political push to ban assault weapons
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both promote
9. Cont. 2010
3050 deaths from Knives, blunt objects and personal.
2759 deaths from guns excluding Handguns.
Keep in mind this number may include Handguns.
10. Cont. 2011
2918 deaths from Knives, blunt objects and personal.
2363 deaths from guns excluding Handguns.
Remember this still may include Handguns
11. Does it really work?
The assault weapon ban from 1994-2004
1982-1994- 19 shootings, 25.5 people shot per year avg.
1995- 2004- 16 shootings, 20.9 people shot per year avg.
2005-2012- 27 shootings, 54.8 people shot per year avg.
12. The Second Amendment
It is an out dated bill
Weapons were muskets not high cap. Mags and semi-auto rifles.
Designed for killing and maiming
13. Cont.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the
right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
14. The Constituion
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to
secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form
of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the
People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as
to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
15. The Truth
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
A gun can not load itself.
A gun can not shoot by itself.
A gun is an inanimate object.
People have killed each other for ages removing guns will not stop the
violence.