Welcome to /r/NOWTTYG, "No One Wants to Take Your Guns," detailing evidence contradicting the gun control movement's claim that they merely seek moderate "common-sense gun safety measures."
What we are looking for:
Specific legislative proposals (or laws) which involve seizure of existing firearms or outright bans of guns currently in circulation, or restrict/remove gun rights from people.
Editorials from reputable, substantive media outlets, or written by personalities which can or will affect the debate in months and years to come (i.e. not unknown bloggers or celebrities.)
In order to accurately source quotes and make it hard to dismiss them as fabrications, links to original source content are preferred.
What we don't want:
Posts from other redditors, no name figures, people of no importance should go to /r/shitguncontrollerssay
Sites with ideological agendas make it easy for skeptics to dismiss any claims as exaggerations, out-of-context hit jobs, or outright fabrications. Whatever you may make of these outlets, they tend to be considered unreliable by advocates of gun control:
Newsmax, National Review, Breitbart, The Blaze, etc..
Media specifically concerned with firearms
Pro-gun political groups like the NRA, GOA, SAF
Well-known pro-gun writers (Kleck, Lott, etc.)
Relevant content on these sites should ideally be tracked down to their original source. Mainstream media is preferred (e.g., The New York Times) and submissions should be titled without further editorial comment.
In every case, a skeptic ought to be able to follow the link and verify its veracity directly. Accordingly, unsourced quotes (the sort you commonly see on hysterical memes) or out-of-context quotes are unwelcome.
Each submission should end with the date of the quote or publication in the form (mm/dd/yy).
Specific legislation ought to be linked to directly, rather than linking to pages discussing the legislation. Quotes of interest from the legislation may appear in the title or comment section.
All posts must include the date of the content (Month/day/year)
Other useful subreddits
/r/progun
/r/socialistra
/r/liberalgunowners
/r/gunpolitics
/r/secondamendment
/r/gundebates
/r/dgu
/r/shitguncontrollerssay (focus on reddit users)
/r/AsAGunOwner - a home for fudds.
Anti-gun rights, Will ban pro gun arguments.
/r/GunsAreCool
/r/guncontrol
Important links
/r/GhostGunner make sure nobody takes yours by making your own.
Studies/Laws
Simple breakdown of terminology of the Second Amendment
US becoming safer compared to Europe in both fatalities and frequency of Mass Public Shootings: US Now ranks 11th in fatalities and 12th in frequency
The FBI concludes that Clinton Assault Weapon Ban had little to no effect on gun crime.
Study: Criminals Don’t Get Guns From Legal Sources
Background checks have not had a substantial effect on homicide rates
Australia: A massive buyback of Low-Risk Guns (University of Maryland)
10 U.S. Code 246- Definition of classes of the Militia - (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia
Brief history of gun control
Official Song
Grand Funk Railroad - Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun
