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  • An Unambiguous Right
    by Herbert W. Titus and
    William J. Olson
    USA Today
  • D.C. Gun Ban Proponents Ignore the Facts
    by John R. Lott Jr. and
    Maxim Lott
    FOX News
  • Isn't Self-Defense Common Sense?
    by Jacob Sullum
    Washington Times
  • Guns Save Lives
    by John Stossel
    Townhall.com
  • The Real Purpose of the Second Amendment (video)
    YouTube.com
  • Columbine to Va. Tech to NIU: Gun-Free Zones or Killing Fields?
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Investor's Business Daily
  • Second Amendment Battle in DC
    by Ron Paul
    U.S. House of Representatives
  • Gun-Rights Arguments
    Editorial
    Washington Times
  • Bad Brief: The Bush DOJ Shoots at the Second Amendment
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    National Review
  • The Insane Logic of Gun Control
    by Jack Hunter
    Southern Avenger
  • Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
    by Cal Thomas
    Washington Times
  • Media Coverage of Mall Shooting Fails to Reveal Mall's Gun-Free-Zone Status
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    FOX News
  • Right-to-Carry Saves Lives
    by Wayne LaPierre
    USA Today
  • Gun-Free Zones Get People Killed
    by Ted Nugent
    Detroit News
  • Gun Control for Dummies
    by Mark Kardell
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Tackling the Gun Debate Head-On
    Editorial
    Washington Times
  • Making Sense of the Second Amendment
    Editorial
    Washington Times
  • Unholster the 2nd Amendment
    by Robert A. Levy
    Los Angeles Times
  • More Arms, Less Crime
    by Larry Pratt
    USA Today
  • Gun Control Won't Stop School Massacres...
    by Steve Salerno
    The Morning Call
  • Wouldn't You Feel Safer with a Gun?
    by Richard Munday
    London Times
  • Guns Don't Kill Kids, Irresponsible Adults with Guns Do
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    Fox News
  • Banning Firearms Would Not Improve Our Safety
    Pat Orsban
    Asheville Citizen-Times
  • Gun Control Doesn't Protect Us -- Guns Do
    by Mike Thomas
    Orlando Sentinel
  • A Liberal's Lament: The NRA Might Be Right After All
    by Jonathan Turley
    USA Today
  • The Meaning of the Right to Bear Arms
    by Ian Breske
    Miami Herald
  • Gun Control May Not Be the Answer
    by Robert G. Ridgell
    Collegiate Times
  • More Guns, Not Less, Would Prevent Shooting Massacres
    by John Lott and Maxim Lott
    Fox News
  • D.C. Handgun Ban
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    Fox News
  • D.C.'s Flawed Reasoning
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    Washington Times
  • Gun Control Doesn't Work
    by James Mullen
    Washington Post
  • Still Ignoring Facts on Gun Control
    by Dennis Miller
    Chicago Daily Herald
  • Bearing Arms
    by Scott McPherson
    Washington Times
  • Assault on Second Amendment
    by Terence P. Jeffrey
    Washington Times
  • Guns Don't Kill People, Philadelphia Does
    by John Lott and
    Maxim Lott
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Laws to Control Guns Only Lead to an Increase in Crime
    by Chris W. Cox
    The Tennessean
  • Second Amendment Guards Against Tyranny
    by Scott Fisher
    Roanoke Times
  • Gun Control Protects Criminals
    by Terry Johnson
    Minnesota Post-Bulletin
  • Placating the Anti-Gun Crowd
    by Bob Barr
    Washington Times
  • The Individual's Right to Bear Arms
    by Alex Kozinski
    Capitalism Magazine
  • Lift Gun Bans, and Students Will be Safer
    by Joshua Mize
    USA Today
  • Switzerland and the Gun
    BBC
  • Anti-Gun Nonsense
    by Tracy W. Price
    Washington Times
  • Security and Liberty
    by Ron Paul
    U.S. House of Representatives
  • Trail of Travail
    by Pierre Lemieux
    Washington Times
  • Bring Back the Posse
    by Alexander Cockburn
    Counterpunch.org
  • Bans Don't Deter Killers
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    USA Today
  • Supporting the Second Amendment
    by Jonathan Kiupers
    Minnesota Daily
  • A Gun Ban and the Gunman
    by Jacob Sullum
    Washington Times
  • Tripping Over Rights
    by K.H. Washington
    Washington Post
  • Flawed Laws Help Stalkers Victimize Women
    by John Lott and
    Sonya Jones
    John Lott Website
  • How Gun Control Trades Life for Death
    by Bob Allen
    World Net Daily
  • Cox Upholds for the Second Amendment
    by Nolan Finley
    Detroit News
  • The All-American Gun
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    New York Post
  • The DC Gun Ban
    by Ron Paul
    U.S. House of Representatives
  • Ruling Respects Constitution
    by Bob Barr
    Atlanta Constitution-Journal
  • Predictable Clamoring
    by Tom Vegenas, Jr.
    Salt Lake Tribune
  • Gun Control Laws Don't Deter Crime
    by Janet Coalter
    Clarion-Ledger
  • Once Again, a Gun Saved Lives
    by Chuck Baldwin
    Men's News Daily
  • Don't Shred Right
    by Jeremy Cranfill
    Salt Lake Tribune
  • Ready to Aim
    by Robert VerBruggen
    Washington Times
  • Repeal D.C.'s Gun Law
    Editorial
    Washington Times
  • Evidence Says Gun Laws Don't Work
    by Michael S. Brown
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • Gun Law Contentions
    by H.J. Rose
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette
  • Blame Criminals, Not the Guns that Stop Them
    by Michael Kotch
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • A Rifle in Every Pot
    by Glenn Reynolds
    New York Times
  • Please Control Gun-Control
    by Terrence O'Day
    Whittier Daily News
  • I'm a Democrat -- and Gun Control Is for the Birds
    by C. Michael Arnold
    Oregon Register-Guard
  • D.C.'s Gun Lessons
    Editorial
    Washington Times
  • Gun Control on the Back Burner
    by Ron Paul
    U.S. House of Representatives
  • Gun-Free School Zones Aren't Working
    by Ferris Magnuson
    The Baxter Bulletin
  • "Gun-Control" Laws Invite Tragedy
    by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Gun Control Laws Don't Work
    by Bruce N. Mills
    Cambridge Times
  • N.Y. Self-Defense Shooting Underscores Need for Private Firearm Ownership
    by John M. Snyder
    Human Events
  • Gun Laws Only Help Criminals
    by Donald L. Cline
    Arizona Central
  • Guns Don't Kill People; Murderers Kill People
    by Jonathan Hoffman
    Tucson Weekly
  • Criminals Won't Obey Gun Laws
    by Judy Cherington
    Arizona Central
  • Banning Handguns Makes No Sense
    by Jeff Moorman
    Cincinnati Enquirer
  • Firearms Sales and Red Tape
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Washington Times
  • A False Safety
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Washington Times
  • The Worldwide Gun-Control Movement
    by Ron Paul
    U.S. House of Representatives
  • Gun Control Reduces Violence?
    by Jeremy Weidenhof
    Lone Star Times
  • Anti-Gun Laws Really Miss the Mark
    by Paul B. Raynolds
    CentreDaily.com
  • People Need Guns
    by Matthew Falkner
    Salt Lake Tribune
  • Statistics Indicate Gun Control Only Increases Crime
    by Pierre Lemieux
    PierreLemieux.org
  • Gun Control Lessons for Bloomberg
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    American Enterprise Institute
  • It's Not the Guns
    by John Spangler
    Salt Lake Tribune
  • Gun Control a Waste of Money
    by Terry McGarvey
    Zwire
  • Gun Control's Dead End
    by Mark Crowley
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Help-Send More Guns
    by Hester Lacey
    The Guardian
  • Gun Control Offers “Tyranny” Prospect
    by Francis X. Clarke
    Clarion Ledger
  • Don't Limit Citizens' Ability to Protect Themselves
    by Steve Gerritzen
    Ocala Star-Banner
  • Don't Blame America's Guns
    by John R. Lott
    National Post
  • Hype and Reality
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Washington Times
  • Brazilians Offer a Lesson on Gun Control
    Editorial
    Philadelphia Daily Times
  • Suiting Down: Congress Guns for Fairness?
    by John R. Lott Jr. and
    Jack Soltysik
    John Lott Website
  • Crimes and Guns: The San Francisco or Sam Colt Solution
    by Michael Nevin Jr.
    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Assault on Self-Defense!
    by Doug Hagin
    Renew America
  • Residents Recall Vigilante Justice after Katrina
    by Reuters
    MSNBC.com
  • San Francisco Gun Ban a Losing Proposition
    by Cinnamon Stillwell
    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Bad Decision, Dangerous Precedent
    by Alan Burkhart
    The Conservative Voice
  • Armed Militia Protects Its New Orleans Neighborhood
    by Bob Dart
    Oxford Press
  • Katrina Educates World on Need for Owning Guns
    by Erich Pratt
    World Net Daily
  • The Big Lie of the Assault Weapons Ban
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Los Angeles Times
  • One Man's Opinion: Gun Control
    by Rick Smith
    Thunder Bay Source
  • Doctors' Kitchen Knives Ban Call
    BBC
  • Many Say End of Firearm Ban Changed Little
    by Deborah Sontag
    New York Times
  • Assault Weapons Ban Comes to End: A Dud?
    by Deborah Sontag
    International Herald Tribune
  • Watch-List "Justice"
    by John R. Lott Jr. and
    Sonya D. Jones
    Washington Times
  • Shootings Fuel a Drive to Ease Gun Laws
    by Kate Zernike
    New York Times
  • Gun Control's Best Friend
    by Dimitri Vassilaros
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Right-to-Carry Law Is the Way to Go
    by John R. Lott. Jr.
    John Lott Website
  • If Gun Background Checks Don't Work, Will "Watch Lists" Be Any More Effective?
    by John R. Lott and Sonya D. Jones
    Lott Website
  • Good Samaritan Gun Use
    by John Lott, Jr.
    Fox News
  • A Gun Lesson from Britain
    Editorial
    Lima News
  • Armed Homes Are Safe Homes
    by Doug Patton
    Men's News Daily
  • Terrorism as an Excuse
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    National Review
  • Shooting Blanks
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    New York Post
  • Guns Are a Bad Idea, but So Is the Ban
    by Joan Ryan
    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Gun Control Claims Just Don't Add Up
    by Lee Enokian
    Illinois Leader
  • The False Hope of Gun-Free Zones
    by Gerard Valentino
    Cybercast News Service
  • Armed and Determined
    by Brigid Schulte
    Washington Post
  • Assault Weapons Ban Deserved Its Fate
    by Carlos A. Cuevas
    The State
  • Stop -- Or We'll Shout
    by Tomas Alex Tizon
    Los Angeles Times
  • Armed Citizens Mean a Safer City
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    LewRockwell.com
  • And Justice for All
    by Deborah Simmons
    Washington Times
  • Dumb Legislation
    by Charley Reese
    LewRockwell.com
  • Gun Control: Have We Gone Too Far?
    by Matt Hutaff
    The Simon
  • Banning Guns in the U.K. Has Backfired
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Wall Street Journal Europe
  • Assault Weapons Ban Was Useless Anyway
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    Los Angeles Times
  • Ban on Assault Rifles Didn't Reduce Violence
    by Jerry Seper
    Washington Times
  • Recoil from Evil
    by John Gleeson
    Winnipeg Sun
  • Feeling At Home On the Range
    by Karin Brulliard
    Washington Post
  • For Well-Armed Citizenry, Handguns Are a Big Issue
    by Rone Tempest
    Los Angeles Times
  • Local Cops Won't Miss Assault Weapons Ban Set to Expire
    by Bill Dolan
    Northwest Indiana Times
  • Democrats for Guns
    by Ted Rall
    UExpress.com
  • The Brady Campaign, White Lies, and Damn Lies
    by Howard Nemerov
    ChronWatch
  • Guns Worn in Open Legal, But Alarm Va.
    by Tom Jackman
    Washington Post
  • Biased Reports on Gun Control
    by Anthony McKee
    The East Carolinian
  • Gun Control: The Australian Experiment
    by Howard Nemerov
    ChronWatch
  • Docs Gun for a Ban
    by Timothy Wheeler
    National Review
  • What the Great Minds Have Said about Gun Control
    by Dave Gibson
    American Daily
  • More Gun Control Isn't the Answer
    by John R. Lott Jr. and Eli Lehrer
    National Post
  • What Gun Controllers Don't Want You to Know
    by Howard Nemerov
    ChronWatch.com
  • The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
    by Ronald Reagan
    Guns & Ammo Magazine
  • Gun Control Loses Firepower
    by Betsy Hart
    Naples Daily News
  • Pentagon's Civilian Employees Arm Themselves in Iraq
    by Brock N. Meeks
    MSNBC
  • The Christian Case Against Gun Control
    by David Yeagley
    FrontPageMag.com
  • Eleven Years Since Waco and Very Little Has Changed
    by Anthony Gregory
    LewRockwell.com
  • Gun Groups May Not Be Bush Campaign Weapon
    by Eric Slater
    Los Angeles Times
  • Women Gun Lovers Gather for Conference
    by Matt Gouras
    Yahoo.com
  • Rights, Privileges, England, and Just Who Has the Guns?
    by Jan Ireland
    MichNews.com
  • A Weapon Surrendered
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    National Review
  • Gun Control and Crime
    by Steve Pudlo
    Intellectual Conservative
  • Do Gun Control Activists Pad Gun Death Statistics?
    by Wendy McElroy
    Fox News
  • Not Bulletproof
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Washington Times
  • From Cigarettes to Guns
    By Michelle Malkin
    Washington Times
  • Athletes and Guns
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    FOX News
  • Less Guns, More Crime
    by Gene Healy
    American Spectator
  • A Family Deposed by Force
    by Hugo Martin
    Los Angeles Times
  • Less Guns, More Crime
    by Gene Healey
    American Spectator
  • Walk Softly and Carry a Big Gun
    by Karl Francis
    Los Angeles Times
  • Pilots Still Unarmed
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    New York Post
  • Why More Senior Citizens Are Carrying Guns
    by Tim Vanderpool
    Christian Science Monitor
  • Lies About Guns
    by Doug Hagin
    Intellectual Conservative
  • Why People Fear Guns
    by John R. Lott, Jr.
    Fox News
  • Gun Rights Are at Stake
    by Alan Gottlieb
    USA Today
  • Rat Poison: Murder Weapon of Choice in Rural China
    by Jim Yardley
    New York Times
  • Attacking Self Defense
    by Doug Hagin
    Sierra Times
  • Shots in the Dark
    by Jacob Sullum
    Washington Times
  • Gun Bans Don't Work
    Editorial
    Washington Times
  • Reject UN Gun Control
    by Ron Paul
    U.S. House of Representatives
  • In Iraq, Demand Makes Security Growth Industry
    by John Tierney
    New York Times
  • Vaunted Swiss Forts Helpless Against This Assault
    by Eric Margolis
    Toronto Sun
  • Gun Control Laws May Be Partly at Fault in Massacre
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    Chicago Sun Times
  • Gun Backers Claim Momentum Among State Governments
    by James G. Lakely
    Washington Times
  • U.S. Snipers Kill Two Iraqis in Tikrit Market
    by Theola Labbe
    Washington Post
  • U.N. Seeking Global Gun Control?
    World Net Daily
  • Iraqi Villages Blame British Soldiers' "Brutal" Searches for Massacre
    by Colin Freeman
    The Scotsman
  • Police Raid Gone Awry: A Muddled Path to the Wrong Door
    by Jim Dwyer
    New York Times
  • Angry Iraqis Chase, Slaughter British Soldiers
    KSAT
  • Law Allows Alaskans to Carry Concealed Guns Without Permit
    by Mike Chambers (A.P.)
    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  • 9th Circuit Skirmish Over Second Amendment
    by Jason Hoppin
    Law.com
  • Testimony of Eugene Volokh on the Second Amendment
    by Eugene Volokh
    UCLA
  • Trying to Escape from Custody, Iraqi Prisoner is Shot to Death
    by Eric Schmitt
    New York Times
  • Few Iraqis Meet the Deadline for Turning in Their Guns
    by Daniel Williams
    Washington Post
  • U.S. Sets Deadline for Iraqis to Hand in Weapons
    Nadim Ladki
    Washington Post
  • No Reason to Extend Meaningless Ban on Assault Weapons
    by Rich Lowry
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Anatomy of an Iraqi State
    by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
    LewRockwell.com
  • Allies to Begin Seizing Weapons from Most Iraqis
    by Michael R. Gordon
    New York Times
  • U.S. Military Tells Iraqis to Turn in All Guns or Face Arrest
    WMTW
    ABC
  • The Gun Control Debate
    by John R. Lott Jr.
    Washington Times
  • 9th Circuit Rules Individuals Have No Right to Bear Arms
    by David Kravets (A.P.)
    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Silveira v. Lockyer (PDF format)
    See Kozinski Dissent
    Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • The Why of Gun Ownership
    by James Ostrowski
    The Ludwig von Mises Institute
  • Gun Control: A Historical Perspective (June 1994)
    by Ben LaRosa
    The Future of Freedom Foundation
  • Irking N.R.A., Bush Supports Ban on Assault Weapons
    by Eric Lichtblau
    New York Times
  • Guns and Brothers (Letter to the editor)
    by Scott McPherson
    Washington Times
  • Disarming William Tell?
    by Bob Kroon
    Radio Netherlands
  • Why Britain Needs More Guns
    by Joyce L. Malcolm
    BBC
  • Guns Don't Have the Power to Cloud Minds
    by Dave Matheny
    Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  • Assault Weapons and Assaults on the Constitution
    by Rep. Ron Paul
    LewRockwell.com
  • An Anniversary That We Must Never Forget
    by Anthony Gregory
    The Independent Institute
  • Bush Supports New Extension of Assault-Weapons Ban
    by Shannon McCaffrey - K.R.
    Salt Lake Tribune
  • Gun Bans Don't Equal Freedom
    by Jon Dougherty
    WorldNetDaily
  • The Gun Control Experiment -- Two More Data Points
    by Michael S. Brown
    NewsMax.com
  • Blacks and Guns
    by Alec Rawls
    Newsmax.com
  • Gun Control Misses the Target
    by Scott McPherson
    Sierra Times

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