Second Amendment

STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUS (CONCEALEDCAMPUS.COM) ANNOUNCES NATIONAL COLLEGIATE EMPTY HOLSTER PROTEST

During the week of October 22-26, 2007, college students throughout America, organized under the banner of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, will attend classes wearing empty holsters, in protest of state laws and campus policies that stack the odds in favor of armed killers by disarming law abiding citizens licensed to carry concealed handguns virtually everywhere else.

In 39

U.S.

states, thousands of collegiate students and faculty—age 21 and above—are licensed to carry concealed handguns throughout their day-to-day lives. And they do so without incident. However, despite the absence of any compelling evidence that these licensed individuals would pose any more threat to college campuses than they currently do to office buildings, shopping malls, movie theaters, grocery stores, banks, etc., they are prohibited, either by state law or school policy, from carrying their firearms onto most college campuses.

On April 16, 2007, twenty-seven students and five faculty members at Virginia Tech lost their lives to a madman who possessed one distinct advantage over his victims—He wasn’t concerned with following the rules. Undeterred by Virginia Tech’s status as a “gun free zone,” this mentally unstable individual carried two handguns onto the university campus and indiscriminately opened fire.

In the last twenty years, the vast majority of the mass shootings in America—from the Texas massacre to the Columbine massacre—have happened in “gun free zones.” Labeling an area “gun free” may make some people feel safer, but as the shootings at Virginia Tech taught us, feeling safe and being safe are not the same thing.

For over a year, state law in has allowed licensed individuals to carry concealed handguns on college campuses. This has yet to result in a single act of violence. Numerous studies by independent researchers and state agencies show that license holders are five times less likely than non-license holders to be arrested for violent crimes. Clearly, license holders pose little threat to college campuses.

There is a wide discrepancy between the intent of campus gun bans and the actual consequences of such bans. It is this discrepancy to which the students of SCCC hope their Empty Holster Protest will draw attention. While opponents may argue that guns have no place in institutions of higher learning, SCCC contends that it is the threat of uncontested, execution-style massacre that has no place in colleges. The students of the Empty Holster Protest respectfully ask that steps be taken to take the advantage away from those who seek to harm the innocent.

“Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns,” John Lott and David Mustard, Journal of Legal Studies< (v.26, no.1, pages 1-68, January 1997); “An Analysis of The Arrest Rate Of Texas Concealed Handgun License Holders as Compared to the Arrest Rate of the Entire Texas Population,” William E. September 1, 2000 Florida Department of Justice statistics, 1998; Florida Department of State, “Concealed Weapons/Firearms License Statistical Report,” 1998 Texas Department of Public Safety and the U.S. Census Bureau, reported in San Antonio Express-News, September, 2000; Texas Department of Corrections data, 1996-2000, compiled by the Texas State Rifle Association, www.tsra.com/arrests.htm

ABOUT STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUS - Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization comprised of college students, parents, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of concealed handgun licenses should enjoy the same rights on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else.SCCC is dedicated to persuading state governments and school administrators to approve laws and campus policies that will grant all citizens with concealed handgun licenses the right to carry their concealed handguns on college campuses.We are not affiliated with the NRA, a political party, or any other organization.

On Feb. 14, 2007, Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1022, a bill with the stated purpose, "to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes."

McCarthy's verbiage warrants explanation. Presumably, what she means by "assault weapons ban" is the Clinton Gun Ban of 1994. Congress allowed the ban to expire in 2004 for multiple reasons, including the fact that federal, state and local law enforcement agency studies showed that guns affected by the ban had been used in only a small percentage of crime, before and after the ban was imposed.

With the nation's murder rate 43% lower than in 1991, and the re-legalized guns still used in only a small percentage of crime, reauthorizing the Clinton Gun Ban would be objectionable enough. But McCarthy's "other purposes" would make matters even worse. H.R. 1022 would ban every gun banned by the Clinton ban, plus millions more guns, including:

. Every gun made to comply with the Clinton ban. (The Clinton ban dictated the kinds of grips, stocks and attachments new guns could have. Manufacturers modified new guns to the Clinton requirements. H.R. 1022 would ban the modified guns too.)

. Guns exempted by the Clinton ban. (Ruger Mini-14s and -30s and Ranch Rifles; .30 cal. carbines; and fixed-magazine, semi-automatic, center-fire rifles that hold more than 10 rounds.)

. All semi-automatic shotguns. (E.g., Remington, Winchester, Beretta and Benelli, used for hunting, sport shooting, and self-defense. H.R. 1022 would ban them because they have "any characteristic that can function as a grip," and would also ban their main component, called the "receiver.")

. All detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles-including, for example, the ubiquitous Ruger 10/22 .22 rimfire-because they have "any characteristic that can function as a grip."

. Target shooting rifles. (E.g., the three centerfire rifles most popular for marksmanship competitions: the Colt AR-15, the Springfield M1A and the M1 "Garand.")

. Any semi-automatic shotgun or rifle an Attorney General one day claims isn't "sporting," even though the constitutions of the U.S. and 44 states, and the laws of all 50 states, recognize the right to use guns for defense.

. 65 named guns (the Clinton law banned 19 by name); semi-auto fixed-magazine pistols of over 10 rounds capacity; and frames, receivers and parts used to repair or refurbish guns.

H.R. 1022 would also ban the importation of magazines exempted by the Clinton ban, ban the sale of a legally-owned "assault weapon" with a magazine of over 10 rounds capacity, and begin backdoor registration of guns, by requiring private sales of banned guns, frames, receivers and parts to be conducted through licensed dealers. Finally, whereas the Clinton Gun Ban was imposed for a 10-year trial period, H.R. 1022 would be a permanent ban.

Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative and urge him or her to oppose
H.R. 1022!

I cannot believe that Democrats are still beating the dead horse of gun bans to curtail violent crime. Carolyn McCarthy does have a beef with any gun owner, anywhere. McCarthy's problem with gun owners stretches back to 1993.

Let's try to look at Carolyn McCarthy's thought process for a moment... Where is her thought process coming from?

Carolyn's husband Dennis was gunned down in that mass murder in on the New York subway in 1993 by a creep named Colin Ferguson.

Look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Ferguson

She ignorantly places the blame for her husband's murder on law abiding gun owners across the nation. The energy she gets for her anti-gun crusades is because of the tragic loss she personally suffered as a result of this idiot Colin Ferguson.

She's reaching out for justice for her husband's murder by making things terrible for gun owner's everywhere. She sees firearms as implements of sheer evil that no American is qualified to own or use.

She's angry. Since the 1993 murder of her husband, she's still taking vicious swipes at law abiding gun owners and placing the blame on the firearm instead of the shooter. This type of thinking is simply witless.... This thought process, that places the blame for acts of violence upon the tool, instead of the wielder of the tool is simply ignorant. There's no other word that fits except sheer ignorance and witlessness.

"Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit,
occidentis telum _est" ("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands")
Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the younger" ca. (4 BC - 65 AD)

Ironically if gun control laws were lifted, Colin Ferguson might have been shot and killed by a lawful concealed carry permit holder before her husband Dennis was even shot at. Gun control laws might have been the real killer here... But she just doesn't see the truth behind it.

I think it helps trying to see things from her perspective. This way, we can know where she's coming from. This information can be valuable if you ever actually get to speak directly with her.

I understand her passion. It's the witless thought process that doesn't work very well.

Look at Suzanna Gratia Hupp for instance. Now that's passion directed correctly. Rep. Suzanna Hupp's parents were gunned down in Luby's Cafeteria in a mass murder in Texas. She has worked hard to increase the law abiding gun owner's ability to stop mass murderers by directly affecting their central nervous system through massive blood loss. Not something as inane, ignorant and useless as more gun control...

Thanks for all you do! Please find time to contact Carolyn McCarthy's offices, as well as the offices of your own U.S. House Representative.

The more effective thing to do is to be kind to her. Understand where she is coming from and then try to point her in the right direction. It's much better to communicate effectively with her rather than just be aggressive with her. She will not respond well with aggressive pro-gun communications.

Be passionate, be aggressive, be assertive, but let's try to understand her thought process as well. She desperately needs to refocus her passion upon violent criminals and not upon the seventy million law abiding and honest gun owners of the United States who would have protected her husband Dennis if they only had the chance.

http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/

Carolyn McCarthy
New York-4th, Democrat
106 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3204
Phone: (202) 225-5516

Marc Richardson

www.SaveTheGuns.com

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"We have staked the whole future of
American civilization, not upon the power
of government. Far from it. We have staked
the future of all our political institutions upon
the capacity of each and all of us to govern
ourselves according to the Ten Commandments
of God."

James Madison (1751-1836) Fourth President
of the United States.

Citizens for a Constitutional Republic oppose all laws at any level of government restricting, regulating or requiring the ownership, manufacture, transfer or sale of firearms or ammunition. We oppose all laws requiring registration of firearms or ammunition. We support repeal of all gun control laws. We demand the immediate abolition of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

We believe that the private ownership of firearms is part of the solution to America's crime epidemic, not part of the problem. Evidence: law-abiding citizens in Florida have been able to carry concealed weapons since 1987. During that time, the murder rate in Florida has declined 21% while the national murder rate has increased 12%.

In addition, evidence shows that self-defense with guns is the safest response to violent crime. It results in fewer injuries to the defender (17.4% injury rate) than any other response, including not resisting at all (24.7% injury rate). Libertarians would repeal waiting periods, concealed carry laws, and other restrictions that make it difficult for victims to defend themselves, and end the prosecution of individuals for exercising their rights of self-defense.

"Right now at the U.N., foreign governments are working hand-in-glove with anti-gun groups from around the globe and multi billion dollar foundations to create a binding, formal international treaty that supersedes your right to keep and bear arms".
From America's First Freedom magazine a publication of the NRA, Sept. 2004

America must protect itself from the impending totalitarianism which is emanating from the UN. Currently, the UN is in the process of trying to control firearms around the world. This threat to our Constitutional 2nd Amendment is being addressed now by the NRA.National Rifle Association

Unless we can close our borders soon and get our immigration anarchy situation under control the future of the 2nd Amendment will be in serious jeopardy. The overwhelming influx of foreign invaders will swell the ranks of the anti-gun groups and take our rights away at the ballot box.

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