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The '''firearms debate''' in the United States is sharply divided between two poles:

The '''firearms debate''' in the United States is sharply divided between the [[gun control]] position of the left and the [[gun rights]] position of conservatives. Liberals favor laws restricting private ownership and possession of guns, arguing that fewer guns will lead to less [[gun violence]]. Conservatives favor laws that promote private ownership and possession of guns, arguing that guns help people to defend themselves against criminals.

* [[Gun control]] ([[big government]] [[Nanny state]] "gun grabbing", anti-rights, anti-[[self-defense]], anti-[[Second Amendment]]) position of the [[left]] (and of all [[communists]] and [[dictators]])

* The pro-rights ([[unalienable rights]] of the [[Bill of Rights]] and the [[Second Amendment]], pro-self-defense, [[Gun rights]], pro-[[liberty]]) position of [[conservative]]s and [[libertarians]].

 

[[Liberal]]s favor [[Nanny state]]/[[Police state]] laws restricting private ownership and possession of guns and weapons, arguing that fewer guns will lead to less [[gun violence]].  

 

Conservatives favor laws that promote private ownership and possession of guns, arguing that guns help people to defend themselves against [[criminal]]s (who will never follow gun laws anyway) and that [[concealed carry]] has helped to decrease crime since before the 1990's when concealed carry was illegal in most states.

==Slogans==

==Slogans==

#"the only use for a gun is to kill people"

#"the only use for a gun is to kill people"

#"guns don't kill people; people do"

#"guns don't kill people; people do"

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[[Category : Self-defense]]

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[[Category : Home Security]]

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