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\nThose who want to disarm you do not have your best interests in mind.<\/p>\n
How the Orwellian Term \u201cGun Violence\u201d is used to Push Citizen Disarmament<\/a><\/p>\n U.S.A.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013-(AmmoLand.com)-<\/a>\u00a0The term \u201cgun violence\u201d has been deliberately inculcated into the public debate over the last 20 years. It is common in news articles. It has been used in numerous court briefs. It appears in court decisions at the appellate level and in amicus briefs to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n \u201cGun violence\u201d is an Orwellian term designed to structure and limit debate to pre-determined solutions. It is designed to hamper the ability to think about reality in certain ways. The purpose of Orwellian structuring of language is to make it difficult or impossible to think certain thoughts or entertain certain concepts. This is the purpose of the term \u201cgun violence\u201d. The term \u201cgun violence\u201d frames the problem as guns.\u00a0 It frames all violence committed with guns as illegitimate.<\/p>\n Guns can be used for\u00a0legitimate purposes<\/strong>\u00a0such as defense, hunting, recreation, and multiple target sports. Guns can be used for\u00a0illegitimate purposes<\/strong>, primarily for a crime. Guns can be used for suicide. The legitimacy of suicide is a\u00a0hotly debated topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Violence is like gravity. It is neutral. Violence can be used for legitimate purposes and illegitimate purposes. Defending yourself and your country is a legitimate use of violence. Killing animals or plants for food is a legitimate use of violence. We celebrate those who save themselves and others.<\/p>\n The two sides of the debate on guns are primarily about responsibility and free will vs lack of responsibility and lack of free will. Those who want a disarmed population transfer volition and responsibility to events outside the individual, particularly to inanimate objects. Thus, they remove responsibility and free will from any discussion of how to solve problems. Accepting and using the term \u201cgun violence\u201d\u00a0as a problem<\/b>\u00a0restricts what solutions are allowed and what can be discussed. The term eliminates discussion of legitimate uses of guns, and of legitimate purposes for violence.<\/p>\n Much of the nomenclature about the debate over an armed population has been deliberately created to move people\u2019s thoughts into the channels desired by those\u00a0seeking to disarm the public<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0National Council to Control Handguns\u00a0<\/b>was formed in 1974. It became\u00a0Handgun Control Inc<\/b>. in 1980. Handgun Control Inc., later created a related entity,\u00a0The Center to Control Handgun Violence<\/b>. In 2001, the name was changed to:\u00a0\u201cBrady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Before 2000, what was sold to the public was violent crime reduction. As the number of guns and handguns increased in society, the number of people legally able to carry handguns for protection increased, and violent crime decreased significantly.\u00a0 This phenomenon was clear by 2000. This created a problem for those who wanted to disarm society.<\/p>\n Those who wanted to disarm the public changed the publicly stated purpose of what they wanted to do. First, it was to reduce violent crime, which is overwhelmingly committed with handguns. It was changed from reducing violent crime to reducing the Orwellian term \u201cgun violence\u201d. Gun violence was defined to include suicides as well as all homicides with guns and the tiny number of fatal gun accidents. The per capita rate of gun ownership was increasing.<\/p>\n The new term allowed those who wanted the population disarmed to say \u201cgun violence\u201d is increasing.<\/p>\n The Bureau of Justice Statistics\u00a0had a similar term<\/a>, firearms violence. Firearms violence statistics never included suicides, for good reason. The causes and dynamics of violent crime and suicide are very different.\u00a0 The Bureau of Justice Statistics was still using\u00a0\u201cfirearms violence\u201d in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n There is a problem with Orwellian terms. They contradict reality. Legal changes in firearms status has\u00a0no significant effect on homicides or suicides<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n What can be done? Do not use the term \u201cgun violence\u201d. Substitute the term \u201ccriminal violence\u201d.<\/p>\n When the term \u201cgun violence\u201d is used, point out the Orwellian purpose. Explain the term \u201cgun violence\u201d limits what is allowed in a debate. If you think \u201cOrwellian<\/b>\u201d is too strong a term, say it is a\u00a0loaded term<\/b>. Point out terms such as these are used to shape public opinion. Their purpose is to reduce what thoughts are allowed.<\/p>\n Gun laws do not reduce homicides or suicides.\u00a0<\/b>Those bent on homicide or suicide substitute other methods. The purpose of the term \u201cgun violence\u201d is to channel thought toward restricting gun ownership and use.<\/p>\n Guns have been useful for 500 years. They continue to be useful. Safety from accidents is not the same as safety from attack.\u00a0Fatal gun accidents are rare<\/a>.\u00a0 Fatal attacks are much more common.<\/p>\n BLUF Those who want to disarm you do not have your best interests in mind. How the Orwellian Term \u201cGun Violence\u201d is used to Push Citizen Disarmament U.S.A.\u00a0\u2013-(AmmoLand.com)-\u00a0The term \u201cgun violence\u201d has been deliberately inculcated into the public debate over the last 20 years. It is common in news articles. It has been used in … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88173","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=88173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88174,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88173\/revisions\/88174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}George Orwell, in the novel 1984, explained how language can be structured to eliminate and curtail thought.<\/h3>\n
Guns can be used or misused. Violence can be legitimate or illegitimate.<\/h3>\n
Discourage criminal violence. Encourage legitimate violence.<\/h3>\n
There was, and is, no obvious causal link between violent crime and gun ownership.<\/h3>\n
Suicide rates were rising, even as the\u00a0percentage of suicides with guns was falling<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
\u201cGun violence\u201d is a term used to channel concern with criminal violence and suicides into a policy discussion on how to restrict gun ownership and gun use.<\/h3>\n
Those who want to disarm you do not have your best interests in mind.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"