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Restricting Gun Rights Won't Prevent Tragedy

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As 2022 comes to a close, the Biden Administration has renewed its
calls for gun control, including a ban on commonly-owned firearms,
millions of which are currently in circulation.

This isn't the first time that we at Gun Owners of America have heard
calls for shredding the Second Amendment. In fact, we've survived
worse and come out on top.

On the eve of the ten-year anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook,
it's good for us to examine why these calls for so-called "assault
weapon" bans continue even ten years later, and why they're just as
misguided and ineffective today as they were all those years ago.

The tragic shooting at Sandy Hook is a testimony to the failure of gun
control. 94% of mass shootings occur in Gun Free Zones, as these
killers are looking for easy targets and know that it's unlikely
anyone will be armed and able to stop them. This is proven repeatedly,
most recently with the Buffalo, NY shooter. He wrote in his manifesto
about his decision to carry out his attack in a state like New York
which has very strict gun laws, thus making it harder for someone to
stop him.

In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook, there was a massive push for
banning firearms that are commonly used for self-defense. But Gun
Owners of America took action, and with the help of our members, we
were able to stop the proposed gun control. This victory, of course,
made the anti-gun lobby furious.

"Gun Owners of America showed with one email alert that it could help
flood the phone lines on Capitol Hill days before the Senate vote,"
said National Public Radio after the gun control bill was defeated.

While anti-gun politicians were frustrated by our members flooding the
phone lines, GOA members simply knew the truth -- gun control won't
stop these sorts of tragedies.

But if gun control can't stop mass shootings, what can?

Almost 90% of police say that armed citizens are the best way to stop
mass shootings and over 80% of police say that teachers should be
armed.

The data backs this up. Armed citizens stopped almost 50% of mass
shootings last year.

Often these cases of armed citizens stopping mass shootings are
largely ignored by the mainstream media with their gun control agenda.
The corporate media fails to report on the stories of Elisjsha Dicken,
Jeanne Assam, Stephen Willeford, and countless others who've stopped
mass shooters.

The corporate media specifically ignores the stories about armed
citizens who stop mass shooters because they fail to promote their
narrative that more laws will stop criminals who, by definition, do
not follow laws.

Even the Supreme Court, with their recent decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen,
agrees that Americans have a right to self-defense against those who
would do them harm outside their homes.

The Biden administration and anti-gun governors nationwide will spend
the rest of 2022, 2023, and beyond plotting how to get around the
Bruen decision and pushing for so-called assault weapons bans through
Congress or by unconstitutional executive fiat (or as Biden calls it,
regulatory authority). But Gun Owners of America stands ready to fight
these unconstitutional actions in Congress or, if necessary, in the
courts.

We'll hold the line for you in Washington. We are No Compromise. Join
the Fight Now.

Erich Pratt is the Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America, a
national grassroots lobby representing more than two million gun
owners.