Are these the reasons's why we should ban guns...?

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

-Benjamin Franklin, 1759

40 reasons to ban guns..... Flawed anti-gun progressive logic

1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, %26 Chicago cops need guns.

2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun

control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the

lack of gun control.

3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but statistics

showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."

4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into

effect in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates,

which have been declining since 1991.

5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a shooting

spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear of such a

lunatic is paranoid.

6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.

7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot

with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.

8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking

gun and a dead rapist at her feet.

9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense -