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Did you know that 90 years ago, America still had 12 times the murder rate of the United Kingdom?

Did you know that criminals using guns are less likely to hurt their victims?

Did you know that citizens use guns to protect themselves against criminals over two and a half million times a year?

Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/guncontrol

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e74hVs96-8ivIItNeC952QcyMG4gYwr6ZqijaJWud3E/edit

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/22/inquiry-link-military-veterans-crime

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8422073

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16933812

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02111910?LI=true

http://costsofwar.org/article/us-veterans-and-military-families

http://www.medicinenet.com/child_abuse/page3.htm

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/03/opinion/la-oe-hymowitz-unmarried-mothers-20120603

http://www.photius.com/feminocracy/facts_on_fatherless_kids.html

http://costsofwar.org/article/us-veterans-and-military-families

 http://freebooks.uvu.edu/SOC1010/index.php/ch21-military-a-criminal.html

That must have taken awhile to put together! Well done, I've never heard a stronger case against gun control in my life and I bet pretty much everyone else would say the same. 

Stefan, at 9:20 you misquoted by stating 0.08/100,000, which would be nearly 120 times instead of 12. Here's the line from the source:

In 1919 the homicide rate for England and Wales was 0.8 per 100,000 (Archer and Gartner 1984)

Then you showed the 1983-1986 UK/US statistic, 0.67/7.59, and said that "after 60 years of increasing gun control, UK murder rates got worse". If you plug in the correct 1919 statistic, UK murder rates improved slightly.

Hi Stef, great video.  You make a very valid point with the historical difference between EU countries and U.S.; e.g. feudal vs frontier.  With that in mind, wouldn't U.S. vs Canada be a more fair and relevant comparison than the UK? 

Steff, will you teach your daughter to shoot? If not, why not?

The_Dude_Abides:

Hi Stef, great video.  You make a very valid point with the historical difference between EU countries and U.S.; e.g. feudal vs frontier.  With that in mind, wouldn't U.S. vs Canada be a more fair and relevant comparison than the UK? 

Canada is far more influenced by the UK than the US was... I mean, we still have the queen on the money :(

But, but... aren't guns just a means to shoot people?

Just kidding, outstanding work! You're taking a stand with both feet firmly planted on the right side of the issue.

sure, we still have some of the ole colonial ties, but we share a similar history of frontier settlers and have a reasonable amount of gun ownership in the country compared to the UK's  (near?) zero.   I believe in Canada it is somewhere around 30%.  To me it just seems like a more natural comparison as the two countries have more cultral similarities. Also, many people from the left, like Michael Moore, love to point to Canada as some sort of model the U.S. should aspire to.  Would be great to have some ammo to shut them up :)  Anyway, just my two bits.

Very strong argument, as usual, and expertly delivered.  Definitely a long-term reference piece.

Another very recent article I liked:  http://lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e279.html

If guns are bad, how come:

All high politicians – including Dear Leader and Gauleiter Bloomberg – are surrounded by heavily armed guards?

There is never a mass shooting at a police station?

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School attended by Obama's daughters has armed guards

It can't be emphasized enough that the droves of people who are demanding more gun-control and outright bans only support such things for people who are not part of the State apparatus. They don't oppose violence on principle; they just oppose it when committed by somebody who isn't acting as an agent of the State.

It's similar to people who oppse only private slavery, but not public slavery.

I really appreciate the videos you've done in the wake of the Connecticut shootings. It's such a relief to see some perspective among all the sensationalism on the matter.

Thanks Stef.

Your support makes it possible thanks Joe

Wow.  Just.....wow....

Stef, thank you for this.  

By the way, your podcasts have been the center of discussion at my workplace during the last few weeks.  Everyone that I've shown your stuff to has become a philosophical anarchist.   Three new anarcho capitalists have been created in my office this WEEK.  

You're barre none the best communicator of philosophy that I have seen.  (Can't wait for the documentary.  I bet it'll also be a knockout.  Can't wait to donate again too!  As soon as I'm back in America you'll get some of my cash.)

Here's a case where the presence of an armed bystander was able to stop an attempted mass shooting before anyone was killed, including the perpetuator.

A Potential Deadly Aurora Movie Massacre In Texas Is Prevented By Concealed Carry Citizen