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Why gun ownership should be legal

Victim Disarmament is the more accurate name for what some call "Gun Control". It is a government policy that attempts to deny the most basic of human rights, that of self-defense and defense of loved ones.

Victim Disarmament is when a mugger, murderer, torturer or rapist knows, thanks to government policy, that his victim is very unlikely to have a (legal) weapon to deter him (or her.)

Victim Disarmament is when people must fear death or violence to themselves or their families, based on their race, religion or political beliefs, and know they have no practical means or legal right to resist.

Victim Disarmament is an enabler for murder, torture, rape, mutilation, political terror, and other crimes. Is it moral, or admirable, to support laws and politicians that create situations like those above, or allow them to persist?

But some of you maybe thinking, but isn't that is what the police are for? To protect me for these terrible things. Let me ask you a few leading questions:

How long does it typically take the police to answer a 911emergency call?

If you are cornered in a dark alley, or your door is in the process of being broken down, will you have time to dial 911? And, when the police finally do arrive, are you sure they'll actually help you?

Where were the police during Columbine or Virginia Tech? Did the police protect the victims of those tragedies

Did the police prevent a stalker from disfiguring and partly blinding Linda Riss.. Ms Riss is a woman who repeatedly requested a pistol permit from the NYC police, to deter a man who was stalking her. They refused, but also refused to provide her any protection. Ultimately, the stalker threw acid in her face, disfiguring and partly blinding her stating, "If I can't have you, I'll fix you so no one else will want you either."

Ronald Dixon, is a Jamaican immigrant and father of two who served in the U.S. Navy from 1994 to 1997 in "weapons ordnance" and now holds down two computer-related jobs. On Dec. 14, 2002, Dixon caught an intruder rifling through drawers in his son's room in his home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Mr. Dixon fired two shots from his 9 mm pistol, wounding the suspected burglar in the chest and groin, The New York Post reported.

The burglar turned out to be a career criminal with a 14-page rap sheet. He'd been arrested 19 times and been convicted of criminal trespass, burglary and attempted assault. Still, authorities charged Mr. Dixon with illegal possession of a firearm when they discovered his legally purchased


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