es say, citizens should not be allowed to carry guns,because there will be daily shoot-outs in the streets. My rebuttal: As of today 31 States have right to carry laws and your worst fears have not come true. Crime has actually decreased in State's with rightto carry laws.Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, we don't want to ban deer rifles, just assault rifles.My rebuttal: That's a lie, because the Violence Policy Center on the World Wide Web, has indicated their next goal is to vilify the deer rifle by labeling it a sniper rifle.Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, why do you need a AK-47? It serves no purpose but to kill. My rebuttal: Why is it that, over the centuries of world history, the right to liberty, (that our Declaration of Independence declares to be "inalienable") has been more often abridged than enforced? Who knows what the future holds? Remember Hilter, Stalin, and Pol Pot? Remember the Great Depress- ion of 1929? Could they happen again? Yes! For these reasons, in order to maintain your "freedoms,"you need an AK-47.Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, that the entertainment industry is not responsiblefor gun violence. They claim the 1st Amendment and say, "art imitates life." My rebuttal: They can claim the 1st Amendment, but we can't claim the 2nd Amendment. Even though there was greater access to guns in the 1950's, we did not have a problem with illegal gun use. Thus, at a time when there was almost no gun control on the books, we had very few shootings. Could the entertainment industry be respon- sible for socially conditioning our youth, into violent behavior? Example: Violence in video games, "The Jerry Springer Show," music lyrics, and movies like "Natural Born Killers."Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, the 2nd Amendment is a collective right an not an "Individual Right." My rebuttal: If the 2nd Amendment was just a collective right, then why as anIndividual citizen do I own a ...
