Failure Of Gun Control Laws

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that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear,
they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against
the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest
military force in the world at that time. The 18th century witnessed the
height of the British Empire, but the rough band of colonial freedom
fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average American gun
owner. These Minutemen, so named because they would pick up their personal
guns and jump to the defense of their country on a minute's notice, served
a major part in winning the American Revolution. The founding fathers of
this country understood that an armed populace was instrumental in fighting
off oppression, and they made the right to keep and bear arms a
constitutionally guaranteed right.

Over the years, some of the reasons for owning firearms have changed. As
our country grew into a strong nation, we expanded westward, exploring ...

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men
saw their plans work completely. It was a full century before the civil
rights activists of the 1960s were able to restore the constitutional
freedoms that blacks in this country were granted in the 1860s.

Today's gun control activists are a slightly different breed. They claim
that gun violence in this country has gotten to a point where something
must be done to stop it. They would like to see criminals disarmed, and
they want the random violence to stop. I agree with their sentiments.
However, they are going about it in the wrong way. While claiming that they
want to take guns out of the hands of criminals, they work to pass
legislation that would take the guns out of the hands of ...

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