Does Owning a Gun Make You Safer?

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Expert Researcher Explodes Myths

Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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Author and professor John Lott has done extensive research on guns and crime in America and he has revealed some startling conclusions. Legal gun ownership actually correlates with lower crime statistics.

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An Interview with John Lott, Jr., author of “More Guns = Less Crime”

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"Yes" CCRKBA

• Armed Citizens Can Fight Back
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• Michigan Sets an Example
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• Expert Researcher Explodes Myths
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"Yes" NRA

• More Guns, Less Crime
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• Consider the Source
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• Crime Lower in Right-to-Carry States
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"Yes" Gun Owners of America

• Guns Used More Often to Save Life Than to Take Life
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• US Gun Control Laws Threaten People's Safety
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• Immediate Access to Guns Saves Lives
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"Yes" Second Amendment Sisters

• The Police Are Not There To Protect You
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• A Gun is an Equalizer
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• A Nation Without Weapons, Crime and Hatred is Not a Realistic Goal
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• Guns Save Lives
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• You Have The Right To Life
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"No" Ceasefire PA

• Gun Ownership Results in Death of Children
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• Most School Shooters Use Guns Taken from Home
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• The Proliferation of Guns Adds to the Gun Violence Problems
  1

"No" States United to Prevent Gun Violence

• How ‘Bout Some Common Sense?
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"No" Freedom States Alliance

• Too Many Guns Already
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• The Gun Lobby's Myths
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• Guns in the Home Increase Risk of Gun Violence
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• Access to Guns Increase Risk of Suicide
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Most Objections

• Gun Ownership Results in Death of Children
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• Most School Shooters Use Guns Taken from Home
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• The Proliferation of Guns Adds to the Gun Violence Problems
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• More Guns, Less Crime
  20
• Consider the Source
  12

Do Guns Make You Safer?

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