The Drunk Driving Fallacy: Why Gun Regulation is like Drunk Driving Laws
For our first post, we thought it would be an excellent idea to tackle one of the most popular analogies used to combat gun control proposals. Although it has been debunked numerous times (most...
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The Gun-Free Zone Myth: No relationship between Gun-Free Zones and Mass...
This post challenges the belief that ‘gun-free zones’, areas such as schools and work place institutions, are breeding grounds for a mass shooting. The commonly held belief that mass shooters are...
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The Hammer Theory of Guns
Myth “I refuse to play the game of ‘assault weapon,’ because that’s any weapon. It’s a hammer. It’s the machetes. In Rwanda that killed 800,000 people, an article came out this week, the massive number...
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Rebutting the ‘Criminals don’t follow laws’ and ‘Gun Control only hurts...
Myth “The bad guys, the criminals, don’t follow laws and restricting more of America’s freedoms when it comes to self-defense isn’t the answer.” – Sarah Palin “…The challenge with gun laws is that by...
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The MAD Theory of Guns
Myth “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” – Wayne LaPierre Overview of Pro-Gun Arguments Guns are an effective deterrent against bad guys with guns. As you cannot...
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Constitutional Fallacies Part II: The Myth of an Unlimited Right
Myth Historical examination of the right to bear arms, from English antecedents to the drafting of the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still...
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Militia Myths: Why Armed Populations Don’t Prevent Tyranny, But Often Lead To It
Constitutional Fallacies: Part III Myth It’s something we’ve seen happen time and time again in history — with Stalin, happened in Cambodia, and then of course, the Third Reich. No one saw that coming...
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