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| Firearms Safety Certification |
| NRA has been certifying firearms instructors since the 1940`s, and has been expanding and improving its training program ever since. |
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| Apples And Oranges |
| According to a recent report for Congress on foreign country gun laws states, "From available statistics, among the [27] countries surveyed, it is difficult to find a correlation between the existence of strict firearms regulations and a lower incidence of gun-related crimes. [I]n Canada a dramatic increase in the percentage of handguns used in all homicides was reported during a period in which handguns were most strictly regulated. And in strictly regulated Germany, gun-related crime is much higher than in countries such as Switzerland and Israel, that have simpler and/or less restrictive legislation." (Library of Congress, "Firearms Regulations in Various Foreign Countries, May 1998") |
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| Reckless Lawsuits |
| The legislatures of 33 states have passed laws prohibiting reckless lawsuits—attempts to hold manufacturers responsible for the criminal misuse of their non-defective products by third parties—against the firearms industry. |
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| "Assault Weapons" |
| The center-fire rifle most commonly used for marksmanship training and competition in the United States is the AR-15, arbitrarily defined as an "assault weapon" under the former Clinton Gun Ban and currently under some states' laws. |
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| To Keep And Bear Arms |
| In U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez, the U.S. Supreme Court observed, "The Second Amendment protects ‘the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.`"
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| U.S. V. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) |
| The Supreme Court observed in U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) "`the people` seems to have been a term of art employed in select parts of the Constitution. The Preamble declares that the Constitution is ordained and established by `the People of the United States.` The Second Amendment protects `the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,` and the Ninth and Tenth Amendments provide that certain rights and powers are retained by and reserved to `the people.`"
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