Issue Position: 2nd Amendment

Issue Position

As a member of the National Rifle Association and the Tennessee Firearms Association, I consider it my God given right to own firearms. Every American that has not been convicted of a crime, or that has not been judged incapable of making intelligent and coherent decisions, should be allowed to own and enjoy the use of firearms.
Our current president and his party are working diligently to take away our second amendment rights! Outlawing guns will not fix crime! Evaluate the facts, the States and Cities with the strictest gun laws have much higher crime rates. Chicago, IL, in 2012, has some of the strictest guns law in the US and has almost four times the number of homicides as Houston, TX. Chicago-Population of 2.7 million w/806 Homicides , Houston- Population of 2.15 million w/207 homicides. Homicides per 100k -Chicago 28.4 & Houston 9.6. Our Founding Fathers had the wisdom to know that second amendment was not only to protect ourselves, but more importantly to protect ourselves from the government.

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791.
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."

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