{"id":50531,"date":"2020-04-14T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=50531"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:04:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T18:04:01","slug":"50531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=50531","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-lies-the-gun-control-industry-tells\/\">The Lies the Gun Control Industry Tells<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">65 of 108 (the real number) are suicides, 1 are unintentional, 1 are undetermined, 2 are police shootings. 39 are actual homicides, 80% of which are gang related. I\u2019m no mathematician but looks to me like we have a suicide and gang issue, not a gun issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3pX8fdX4uH\">https:\/\/t.co\/3pX8fdX4uH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wln86OkM9q\">https:\/\/t.co\/wln86OkM9q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colion Noir (@MrColionNoir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrColionNoir\/status\/1137428171048050688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By Will<\/p>\n<p>Gun control might not be an oft-discussed topic recently, but I think that it is an important one. Why? Because the gun control lobby is lying to us. Still. Like with other \u201cpandemics,\u201d such as the topic of the moment, Coronavirus, our friends on the left use fear and very misleading numbers as the basis of their arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than objectively looking at the evidence, they cherry-pick data and then misuse or misrepresent it. The most distorted among these are gang violence and suicides.<\/p>\n<h3>Gang Violence<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cGun violence,\u201d as it\u2019s currently known, is a problem in America. I completely agree with that and think that there are potential solutions to it. However, law-abiding gun owners are overwhelmingly responsible individuals. Aside from an insignificant minority, they don\u2019t commit crimes.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, gun-related gang violence is a massive problem in America. Those (illegal) gun owners frequently use firearms to commit crimes. Those gang-related shootings, homicides, and other forms of violence show up in the general gun violence data. In response, many on both the left and the right propose gun control as a response.<\/p>\n<p>But gun control won\u2019t work. It\u2019s only relevant to the law-abiding gun owners. The ones who don\u2019t use their weapons to commit crimes. Gang members, on the other hand, don\u2019t care about the law. They\u2019re criminals. So it doesn\u2019t matter to them that certain types and classes of weapons are made illegal. They\u2019re breaking the law anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Gun violence \u2014 crimes involving the use of firearms \u2014 could be limited by focusing on reducing gang membership. Education and policing reforms could be very effective at cutting down the number of gangs, and gang members in America. Then we would certainly see a drop in gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>As the tweet at the top shows, many homicides are gang-related killings. So are many so-called \u201cmass shootings.\u201d While those incidents are tragic, including gang-related gun crimes with more traditional mass shootings and homicides is misleading.<\/p>\n<p>Because most homicides are gang-related, gun control will be ineffective at cutting the homicide rate, and the only ones who think otherwise are people who don\u2019t understand that the gun control lobby is lying to them. Instead, these laws will only punish law-abiding gun owners. That shouldn\u2019t happen; the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding gun owners should be respected.<\/p>\n<h3>Suicide<\/h3>\n<p>Suicide is a horrible tragedy. I firmly believe that societies should do every reasonable thing that it can to cut down the suicide rate around the world. But gun control is not a rational response to suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Most people who commit suicide are people who technically should be allowed to own a firearm. Although they are often depressed, they have done nothing wrong. It would be a gross violation of civil liberties to prohibit the sale of firearms to anyone who seems depressed. Not only would that be ineffective, it, like all gun control attempts, would punish the innocent along with the guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it is not the role of government to get involved in the lives of law-abiding citizens. That is a cure worse than the disease because of how much it would limit individual liberty and our right to privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Controlling the availability of firearms to law-abiding citizens is morally wrong and would most likely have a limited effect on suicide rates.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can be done? The mental health system should be reformed. Concerned friends and family members should be able to report people who they think are struggling so that those people can be checked out.<\/p>\n<p>Having a professional work with those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts could be effective, but the patient and doctor have to be connected. Setting up a report line and allowing concerned friends and family to submit names could be a great way to connect patients and doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, those involved with treating patients who have suicidal tendencies should rely on more personal care and fewer pills. Medicines have their place. But many psychoactive drugs have dangerous and unpredictable side effects on the mental health of those taking them.<\/p>\n<p>These are powerful tools, but can also be quite dangerous. Doctors and psychiatrists should work with their patients in person to help them through their problems rather than relying on pills.<\/p>\n<p>Suicide is a complex problem. I don\u2019t have all the answers; I probably don\u2019t have any good answers or solutions. But what I do know is that gun control won\u2019t work and that when people say it will, they only think that because the gun control lobby is lying to them.<\/p>\n<p>As with gangs, those who want a gun will always be able to get one. We should focus on patient care, not restricting individual rights for society as a whole.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Suicide and gang violence are complex topics. They are also responsible for the overwhelming majority of firearm-related homicides. Too many people die from such \u201cgun violence.\u201d That is an issue that needs to be addressed in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>But gun control will not fix either problem, and restricting law-abiding citizens\u2019 access to firearms is both unconstitutional and immoral. Gang members will always be able to get weapons. Those who really want to commit suicide will find a way to do so.<\/p>\n<p>However, if more gun control is put in place to try and fix those issues, then everyone will be punished. That makes it not only an ineffective policy, but also an immoral one that will lead to the deaths of innocents.<\/p>\n<p>We need to be on the lookout for these attacks by an emotional, reactionary minority on our Second Amendment rights. Gun control laws have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-science-is-settled-research-shows-gun-control-laws-do-not-reduce-violent-crime-or-suicides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proven<\/a>\u00a0to be ineffective\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/study-by-anti-gun-researchers-finds-universal-background-checks-do-nothing-to-decrease-violence-suicides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">time<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bloomberg-school-of-public-health-no-evidence-assault-weapon-bans-reduce-mass-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">again<\/a>. To pretend otherwise is both dishonest and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The gun control lobby is lying to us. It wants us to believe not only that gun violence rampant in America (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/violent-crime-is-down-while-gun-ownership-is-up-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it\u2019s not<\/a>), but also that gun control is an effective solution to the violence we do have. Don\u2019t listen to the braying gun control crowd. Their ideas\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/14\/sunday-review\/the-assault-weapon-myth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">don\u2019t work<\/a>. They will only restrain your freedom and your liberty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lies the Gun Control Industry Tells 65 of 108 (the real number) are suicides, 1 are unintentional, 1 are undetermined, 2 are police shootings. 39 are actual homicides, 80% of which are gang related. I\u2019m no mathematician but looks to me like we have a suicide and gang issue, not a gun issue. https:\/\/t.co\/3pX8fdX4uH &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=50531\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50532,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50531\/revisions\/50532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}