#001 Gun Control - Part 1

This week Captain Storm and Dangerous Dan explore the issue of:  Gun Control in a two part podcast.  This episode we arranged a tag team debate with four panelists: Gun Leaning: Retired Navy Commander, skeptic and author: Al Bell Gun industry professional: Matt Trujillo (tru-hee-oh) Regulation Leaning: Professional soccer mom and feisty skeptic: Diane Fortune The greatest bow hunter in the valencia north valley homeowners association: Anna Maltese Sources: Science of measuring gun violence //www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10881&page=19 Gun Control stats (regs, homicide rates, etc), country by country //www.gunpolicy.org/ Firearms by region //www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/ U.S. Homicides by weapons //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ushomicidesbyweapon.svg Police Executive Research Forum (local law enforcement initiatives) //www.policeforum.org/library/critical-issues-in-policing-series/GunsandCrime.pdf Australian Gun Control Act (NYT article by Prime Minister Howard) //www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/opinion/australia-banned-assault-weapons-america-can-too.html?_r=0 Snopes.com fact-check on Australian Gun Control Act/GCA rumor: //www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp Fact checking on Nazi gun control policy... //www.law.uchicago.edu/files/files/67-harcourt.pdf Excellent discourse on Harcourt’s findings //www.salon.com/2013/01/11/stop_talking_about_hitler/ President's Executive Actions List on Gun Control //s3.documentcloud.org/documents/556894/white-house-gun-violence-reduction-executive.pdf U.S. v. Miller //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._v._Miller National Firearms Act of 1934 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act Firearm Injury in the U.S. //www.uphs.upenn.edu/ficap/resourcebook/pdf/monograph.pdf Legal Analysis of Second Amendment decisions by the Supreme Court //www.spectacle.org/996/2d.html ATF history (1791 - present) and the challenges they face //cloudfront-2.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/11/12155/current-gun-debate-may-not-help-beleaguered-atf Violence Policy Center, NRA corporate contributors list //www.vpc.org/press/1104blood.htm NRA's bill riders denying funds for gun science //www.salon.com/2012/07/25/the_nras_war_on_gun_science/ NRA History and the Revolt in Cincinnati (very interesting read) //www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/wp/2013/01/13/nra-history-the-making-of-the-gun-lobby/ Violence Policy Center on Women and Handguns //www.vpc.org/studies/myth.htm Pediatricians and the NRA gag order //www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/02/pediatricians_and_nra_physician_gag_rules_and_the_cdc_aca_and_states.html Hidden Life of Guns Project (assault weapons ban, etc.) //www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/22/AR2011012204243.html Hospital shootings (guns taken from armed guards to use against others; 'good guy with gun will stop bad guy with a gun' counterargument data) //www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(12)01408-4/abstract Excellent discourse on various gun related issues //factcheck.org/2012/12/gun-rhetoric-vs-gun-facts/ THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM: ZERO-GUN AMERICA //www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/the-single-best-anti-gun-death-policy-ending-the-drug-war/266505/
2009 Murders //www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/expanded_information/homicide.html GENERAL GUN FACTS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THE US //factcheck.org/2012/12/gun-rhetoric-vs-gun-facts/

Original Intent and Purpose of the Second Amendment

//www.guncite.com/gc2ndpur.html Right of Self Defense //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_self-defense

Right to keep and bear arms

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms

English precedent

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was heavily influenced by the English Bill of Rights 1689, which restricted the right of the English Crown to interfere with the personal right to bear arms. District of Columbia v Heller //www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/50849/district-columbia-v-heller-scalias-majority-opinion/ed-whelan