Member Meeting Tuesday, October 4 th, 2016

Member Meeting Tuesday, October 4 th, 2016

Part 1 Crime & Self Defense The War on Guns Countering the Lies

If it s a War Who are the Combatants? Who are their Allies? What Weapons do they use? What are their Plans & Tactics? Combatants Liberal Politicians Obama Clinton Bloomberg Everytown for Gun Safety Mayors Against Illegal Guns Training for Journalists Soros NRA VS

If It s a War Allies Liberal Media Liberal Judges & Courts Hollywood Crowd Useful Idiots Uninformed Citizens Plans Change Public Opinion Press Sensationalism Distortions & Lies Manipulated Data Faux Academic Studies Attain the Political Power to Force Compliance What me worry?

If It s a War Tactics Boil the Frog Approach We can t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans Bill Clinton, USA Today, 11 March 1993, pg 2a Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. Attorney General Janet Reno, Dec 10, 1993 What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned. Senator Metzanbaum (D-OH) This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future! Adolph Hitler, 15 April 1935 in address to the Reichstag

If It s a War Tactics Step-by-Step Approach Gradually expand list of unqualifieds Gradually expand background checks FFL Purchases Gun Show Purchases Private Purchases Capture & Retain Background Check Data Use background check data to create registration database Implement registration little by little Start confiscating guns of undesirables as defined by Gov t Widespread confiscation by intimidation Use IRS to seize assets

If It s a War Ammunition Lies Deceptions Exaggerations Sensationalism Faux Academic Studies Liberal Courts/Judges I can find nothing in the 2 nd Amendment s text, history, or underlying rationale that could warrant characterizing it as fundamental insofar as it seeks to protect the keeping and bearing of arms for private selfdefense purposes McDonald vs City of Chicago Dissent SC Justice Stephen Breyer

Topics What s at Stake Experts & Media Bias Gun Registrations, & Background Checks Doctoring the Polls & Fudging the Data USA Comparison to other countries Australia Does gun control work? Anti-Gun Myths & Solutions Gun Free Zones Assault Weapons Background Checks Concealed/Open Carry Prohibited List

What s at Stake 2 nd Amendment Individual Right to keep & bear arms Erosion of other God given rights Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion Search & Seizures 10 th States Rights

Experts & Media Bias Media Systemically refuses to report defensive gun use 2 mil / year Reject studies supporting statistical benefits of guns Sensationalize EVERY instance of gun violence Quickly report studies known to be flawed Academic Experts Economists & Criminologists Survey Results: 88% Guns used more for Self defense than crimes 91% Gun free zones attract criminals 91% CCW permit holders more law abiding than typical

Gun Registrations, and Background Checks Gun Registration Identify criminal based on finding gun at scene Police unable to point to a single instance where gun registration help solve a crime Connecticut 1995 Requires background check to purchase a handgun Bloomberg School of Public Health Reported 40% drop in firearm homicide rates in succeeding 10 years

Bloomberg Study Not so fast Homicide rate US down 32% Firearm homicide rates were falling faster before the law Extend window shows CT homicides actually fell less than nat l average Selectively picked years & states to make point

Doctoring the Polls & Fudging the Data Gun Ownership General Social Survey Women Against Gun Violence Ownership down from 50% to 30% Will make it easier for politicians to do the right thing

Doctoring the Polls & Fudging the Data Oops, Not so fast Actually flat Diane Sawyer s report ABC News Good Morning America 20/20 Guess which survey she used to support her claims? You guessed it: GSS Survey showing a 40% decline!

Alarmist Tactics School Shootings Bloomberg 170 School Shootings Jan 2013 thru Mar 2016 Since Sandy Hook Massive Exaggeration 125 No one killed 45 includes 17 gang shootings Incite alarm & concern Provoke political reaction The facts School shootings in decline for 20 years

US Comparison to other Countries But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence Doesn t happen in other advanced countries. Not even close. Obama, Jan 2016 We have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. Obama, Dec 2015 I say this every time we ve got one of these mass shootings: This just doesn t happen in other countries. Obama, Dec 2015 We are the only developed country on earth where (mass public shooting) happens. Obama, Jun 2014

US Comparison to other Countries But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence Doesn t happen in other advanced countries. Not even close. Obama, Jan 2016 We have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. Obama, Dec 2015 I say this every time we ve got one of these mass shootings: This just doesn t happen in other countries. Obama, Dec 2015 We are the only developed country on earth where (mass public shooting) happens. Obama, Jun 2014

How do we Stack up? Statistical Facts Mass Public Shootings >15 Since 1970 = 25 100% Outside of U.S. 88% Committed by Muslims Excluded wars & Territorial Conflicts Mass Public Shootings >15 1970 thru Mar, 2016 Area # Killed Deaths/mil % to U.S. Israel 55 6.825 2,066% Philippines 180 1.829 479% Australia 35 1.513 379% Africa 1,324 1.192 277% Europe 312.520 65% USA 102.316 India/Pakistan 421.294-7%

Australia Does Gun Control Work? What happened 1996 Gun buy-back 3.2 Mil to 2.2 Mil guns Long term trends in gun homicides & suicides worsened after buy-back Armed robberies soared now back to 1996 levels # firearms now back to 1996 levels

Australia Does Gun Control Work? And the Verdict is Aussie buy-back DID NOT WORK Everything back to the way it was 45% increase in gun owners Armed robbery back to 1996 Homicides decreasing at a slower rate then before buy-back Suicides increasing at a faster rate 25% more Police

Anti-Gun Myths & Idiotic Solutions Objectives? Reduce Crime Reduce Homicides Reduce Mass Shootings Reduce Suicides OR (Eliminate potential civilian threat to the Government) Solutions? Gun free zones Assault weapons bans Magazine capacity limit Universal background checks Gun show Loophole Limit Concealed/Open Carry Establish a list of individuals prohibited

Gun Free Zones Killers deliberately select gun free zones to avoid resistance and have more time CCW Permit Holders have stopped many mass public shootings Investigations of mass killers show they consciously seek out GFZs 1950 2010 = 100% in GFZs 3 non-gfzs since 2010 = 99% Police response time critical Time between shots as low as 2.7 seconds

Assault Weapons Bans AR-15, AK-47, AK-74,etc CIVILIAN versions, NOT military no rapid fire Semi-Auto = 1 trigger pull yields 1 shot No different than any other long gun Primary weapon in 2-3% of active shooter incidents Ban accomplished NOTHING! Magazine Capacity No statistical evidence from mass shootings that 10 rnd magazines would have made any difference whatever Can change magazine in less time than average time between shots Shooter will obey law on magazine limit! Really?

Universal Background Checks Problems Who will pay? $125 Stop only prohibited people? Obama 2.4 mil stopped Virtually all = false positives Bkgrnd checks = defacto registration Gov t required by law to discard info in 24 hrs Gun Show Loophole.7% of criminals got gun from gun show Only 5% of police think gun shows are a problem FFL dealers @ gun shows bound to do bkgrnd checks 25-50% of vendors unlicensed not selling guns!

Universal Background Checks Problems Bkgrnd checks consistently lead to registration Registration leads to confiscation People in Calif, NY, Chicago had guns confiscated Australia & Great Britain Identify gun owners in crime scenes Police report ZERO cases solved or gun owners identified using registration DB Guns not left at crime scene

Concealed Carry Facts States with restrictive laws 10% higher gun homicides 11% higher crime rates Crime rate involving CCW.02% since 1988 Florida after passing CC law Gun homicide rate 36% above nat l avg to 4% below -49%

Conclusions Facts & reality do not support anti-gun solutions relative to crime & self-defense Restrictions only affect law abiding citizens CCW Holders the Most law abiding in society Anti-gun crowd basically ignorant regarding firearms (AR-15, Magazines, etc) What are we missing?

Part 2 The Politics The War on Guns Countering the Lies