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** In 83.5% (2,087,500) of these successful gun defenses, the attacker either threatened or used force first, proving that ...00 times citizens use guns to defend themselves, 92% merely brandish their gun or fire a [[warning shot]] to scare off their attackers.

...heir staffers]</ref> It bases its political activity on the principle that gun ownership is a civil liberty protected by the [[Second Amendment to the Uni ... offered all across the U.S. for both children and adults. In recent years gun safety classes oriented more towards firearm safety, particularly for women

...nal elements which may choose to use firearms of whatever type for acts of violence. Notwithstanding these points, there is no evidence that widespread conver ...stols has become an offence equivalent to owning an unregistered [[machine gun]].

...right predates the health care debate that is supposedly inspiring all the gun waving.</ref><ref name="urlwww.fas.org">[http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/righ ...trol groups such as the [[Brady Campaign]] and the [[Coalition to Stop Gun Violence]].<ref name="usatoday.com"/><ref>Mike Stuckey [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/

'''PROGUN''' ('''P'''eaceful '''R'''esponsible '''O'''wners of '''Gun'''s) is a [[Philippine]]-based firearms advocacy group. It was founded in [ ...527-272313/PNP-wants-gun-ban-extended Philippine Daily Inquirer: PNP wants gun ban extended ]</ref>

... what should the balance be between an individual's right of self-defense, gun ownership, and citizens' interest in maintaining public safety? ... regulate guns.<ref name = "spitzer">Spitzer, Robert J.: ''The Politics of Gun Control''. Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 1995</ref>

'''A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality<br></big> "You don't need to have a [[firearm|gun]]; the police will protect you."

! The [[Great UN Gun Debate]]: Peters v. [[Wayne LaPierre]]<br>Kings College, London 2004 ! colspan="3" style="font-size:120%; background:#efefef" |The Great UN Gun Debate (Pt. 1)

...when SALW fuel armed conflict, armed criminality and terrorism, exacerbate violence, contribute to the displacement of civilians, undermine respect for interna ...imposing or enforcing domestic national or local legislation of legitimate gun ownership or sale.<ref name=UN-DEPT-DISARMAMENT-AFFAIRS>[http://www.un.org/

...ring Company''), and is widely credited with popularizing the [[revolver]] gun. Colt's innovative contributions to industry have been described by arms hi ...done” and “decided he would be an inventor and create the 'impossible' gun.”

...erature on the Second Amendment is what standard of review should apply to gun control if the Amendment is read to protect an individual right to bear arm ...ref><ref>Pepper, John; Petrie, Carol; Wellford, Charles F.: ''Firearms and violence'', Page 290. National Academies Press, 2004. ISBN 0309091241</ref><ref>Will

...volving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of [[gun]]s such as [[firearm]]s and [[airgun]]s. Hunting is also a shooting sport, ... a circular shape in order to avoid associating the sport with any form of violence. At the same time, some events have been dropped and new ones have been add

Perhaps the greatest barrier to resolving debates over gun policy is the lack of comprehensive data. Although the UN Arms Register tri == Gun rights issues ==

In the last few decades, the term 'sniper' has been used very loosely. [[Gun control]] advocates used this term so loosely that some people even called ...tball fields) in February 1967 he fired a [[Browning M2]] .50 Cal. Machine Gun." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/sniper.htm

...http://www.roanoke.com/vtreactions/wb/wb/xp-115856 Activists Debate Campus Gun Laws]] Laurence Hammack, ''The Roanoke Times'', 2007-05-06</ref> ...to take official positions on other gun-related issues. Also, unlike other gun rights groups, SCCC chooses to focus on statistical, fact-based arguments,

'''The Seven Myths of Gun Control: Reclaiming the Truth About Guns, Crime, and the Second Amendment ( ...itor of FrontPageMagazine.com, identifies common fallacies used to promote gun control and sets forth arguments to refute them in the context of [[America

...rominent advocates for a strict system of federal [[gun control]] in the [[Gun politics in the United States|United States]]. ... on the impact of the easy availability of specific classes of firearms on gun crime, death and injury in the United States. He has appeared on numerous

... and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the lack of gun control. ...s justify gun control but statistics showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."

* [[Gun Politics]] ...arms/SALW/Html/SALW-PoA-ISS_intro.shtml Small Arms and Light Weapons/Armed Violence, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]

...crime, issue.<ref name="about">"[http://www.vpc.org/aboutvpc.htm About the Violence Policy Center]"</ref> ...s Policy Project.Utter, Glenn H. (2000). ''Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights''. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 320.