That the crime rate in America is decreasing because of gun control and the
- That the crime rate in America is decreasing because of gun control and the increase in crime requires more gun control.
- That 100 years after its founding, the NRA got into the politics of guns from purely selfish motives, and 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the black civil rights movement was founded from purely noble motives.
- That statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control, and statistics that show increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."
- That we don't need guns against an oppressive government, because the US Constitution has internal safeguards, and we should ban and seize all guns, therefore violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments of that Constitution, thereby becoming an oppressive government.
- That guns are an ineffective means of self defense for rational adults, but in the hands of an ignorant criminal become a threat to the fabric of society.
- That guns are so complex to use that special training is necessary to use them properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.