"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
- The United States Constitution, Second Amendment
"If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."
- Anonymous
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
Average number of people killed in mass shootings when...
Stopped by Police: 18.25
Stopped by Civilians: 2.2
One does not need a gun to commit mass murders. People tend to forget that there are other weapons and that weapons are easily improvised. Gun control just benefits those who do not respect the law in the first place. Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.