#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 http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10881&page=19 Gun Control stats (regs, homicide rates, etc), country by country http://www.gunpolicy.org/ Firearms by region http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/ U.S. Homicides by weapons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ushomicidesbyweapon.svg Police Executive Research Forum (local law enforcement initiatives) http://www.policeforum.org/library/critical-issues-in-policing-series/GunsandCrime.pdf Australian Gun Control Act (NYT article by Prime Minister Howard) http://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: http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp Fact checking on Nazi gun control policy... http://www.law.uchicago.edu/files/files/67-harcourt.pdf Excellent discourse on Harcourt’s findings http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/stop_talking_about_hitler/ President's Executive Actions List on Gun Control http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/556894/white-house-gun-violence-reduction-executive.pdf U.S. v. Miller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._v._Miller National Firearms Act of 1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act Firearm Injury in the U.S. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ficap/resourcebook/pdf/monograph.pdf Legal Analysis of Second Amendment decisions by the Supreme Court http://www.spectacle.org/996/2d.html ATF history (1791 - present) and the challenges they face http://cloudfront-2.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/11/12155/current-gun-debate-may-not-help-beleaguered-atf Violence Policy Center, NRA corporate contributors list http://www.vpc.org/press/1104blood.htm NRA's bill riders denying funds for gun science http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/the_nras_war_on_gun_science/ NRA History and the Revolt in Cincinnati (very interesting read) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/wp/2013/01/13/nra-history-the-making-of-the-gun-lobby/ Violence Policy Center on Women and Handguns http://www.vpc.org/studies/myth.htm Pediatricians and the NRA gag order http://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.) http://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) http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(12)01408-4/abstract Excellent discourse on various gun related issues http://factcheck.org/2012/12/gun-rhetoric-vs-gun-facts/ THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM: ZERO-GUN AMERICA http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/the-single-best-anti-gun-death-policy-ending-the-drug-war/266505/ 2009 Murders http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/expanded_information/homicide.html GENERAL GUN FACTS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THE US http://factcheck.org/2012/12/gun-rhetoric-vs-gun-facts/ Original Intent and Purpose of the Second Amendment http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndpur.html Right of Self Defense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_self-defense Right to keep and bear arms http://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 http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/50849/district-columbia-v-heller-scalias-majority-opinion/ed-whelan
