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In reply to the discussion: Federal Appeals Court: There Is No Second Amendment Right To A Concealed Firearm [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)34. The FBI and the CDC collect statistics on gun violence
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
There is no shortage of statistics.
The CDC was prevented from conducting research on gun violence but they never stopped collect data.
The conversation on what arms a citizen can own was held in 1934 - it is called the National Firearms Act.
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Federal Appeals Court: There Is No Second Amendment Right To A Concealed Firearm [View all]
kpete
Feb 2013
OP
If our public places belong to all of us, what about my right to choose whether I want to be around
patrice
Feb 2013
#11
This decision is in conflict with the Seventh circuit which ruled just the opposite.
former9thward
Feb 2013
#4
While another federal appeals court told Illinois that a concealed carry ban was unconstitutional
hack89
Feb 2013
#8
THINK about how CC affects small businesses in our cities! & Youth culture everywhere. nt
patrice
Feb 2013
#9
I'm sure the career violent criminals who carry illegally are disappointed in this ruling
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#14
So much for the idea that your "castle" is wherever you happen to be standing
Major Nikon
Feb 2013
#15
The ruling doesn't preclude states from defining the boundaries of a person's castle as broadly...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#16
It's a shame the Congress has considered it a constitutional right to pack an open AR-15-type weapon
indepat
Feb 2013
#24
The "right"* to strut through Wal Mart with a pistol perched in their pants has always been a
apocalypsehow
Feb 2013
#30
So "hack89" now supports reinstating the AWB and requiring a gun safety test to buy a gun! Great!
apocalypsehow
Mar 2013
#36