Welcome to Speed Beez! We’re shooters who were looking for the ultimate speed loader. We also carry everything you’d ever need for competitive and recreational shooting, so we’re happy that you’re here! Today we’re going to debunk a few myths surrounding the future of gun control.
- Gun control would never pass in congress. Actually, a majority of US senators voted for a package of gun control measures only 2 years ago! The 54 who backed the bill, which was written by Republican Pat Toomey and Democrat Joe Manchin, included three other Republicans. But when four Democrats got cold feet about their electoral chances in the midterms, the legislation fell short of the 60 votes it needed to prevent a filibuster.
- Guns don’t kill people—people kill people. People kill people with guns, but that happens less often every single year. If this myth’s assertion that guns are the cause of these deaths, then with the influx of millions of new guns and gun owners in the last few years the murder rate should have skyrocketed. But despite all those new potential murderers, the murder rate continues to drop.
- Keeping a gun at home makes you safer. Firearms-related accidental deaths are so statistically insignificant that even if we were to outlaw all firearms and confiscate every single one, we wouldn’t notice a difference. The underlying concept is that more guns = more accidental deaths. Gun ownership has been rising for decades and there’s been a spike in gun sales since 2008, so there should be more firearms-related fatalities, right? Not happening. Accidental deaths are on the decline.
