The right to keep and bear guns must be preserved because numerous Americans employ them for recreational use. Hunting and target shooting are popular sports that go back when guns were first introduced to civilization. Various clubs and magazines are dedicated purely to hunting as a widespread sport. Unfortunately, gun control laws aggravate attempts to purchase guns when consumers intend them for strictly recreational use.

Secondly, the NRA encourages security through various educational programs. The NRA’s Refuse To Be A Victim program focuses on preventing crime, and many law enforcement officers around the country train to become certified to lead safety seminars. Due to the program, tens of thousands of people have been reached and educated about safeguarding their private information, cars, homes, and traveling via 2,300 volunteer instructors, 20 percent of whom are law enforcement officers***. In addition, the NRA created the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program, which teaches children in school the importance and basics of preventing accidents involving guns. Recently, Ohio became the first state to appropriate funds specifically for schools to install the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program. The Ohio legislature appropriated $40,000 to introduce the program for kids in pre-K through the third grade, making it possible to reach and inform over 130,000 children in Ohio alone.*** Eddie Eagle’s adage goes, “If you see a gun, STOP! Don’t touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult.” *** Clearly, the NRA actively endeavors to prevent gun accidents, imparting to millions across the country effective, simple steps to take if they should ever encounter a firearm in an unsupervised situation. Evidently the NRA’s programs have changed America for the better. According to the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Safety Council, there has been an 84 percent decline in fatal firearm accidents since 1975, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a decline in accidental firearms deaths among children ages 14 and under of 49 percent from 1990 to 1998.*** As the Refuse To Be A Victim and Eddie Eagle programs reached numerous young people in that time period, it is more than probable that the tremendous decline of fatalities is owed to the NRA.

The consequences of impulsive gun restrictions are exemplified by the famous AK-47 crisis. Due to governmental handgun bans, the military issue AK-47 became easily accessible, by way of the extended barrel, which allowed the assault weapon to fall under more lenient gun bans. The weapon quickly became a favorite weapon of thieves and one that produced many drive-by-shooting victims. In one such case, an illegally obtained AK-47 was used in the massacre of many school children. One can begin to wonder just how many of these violent crimes could have been prevented by a self-defense weapon. The attacks by the automatic assault weapon eventually led to more strict assault weapon bans **. Nevertheless, the percentage of assault weapons related to violent crimes has barely decreased. Therefore experts are led to believe that many assault weapon related crimes stem from illegal weapons. After all, it is foolish to expect criminals to commit crimes that can be easily traced back to them through a simple background check of assault weapon owners **. Nothing can be done about the criminals buying guns on the streets. In Los Angeles magazine, Daniel Foster writes, "I also considered the possibility that criminals, whose only waiting period consists of the 15 minutes it takes to score a $50 shotgun on Crenshaw, are indeed the greatest

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