... were murded in cold blood. James Madison, of Virgina: The constitution preserves "the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every nation.. (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."-The Federalist, No. 46 (http://www.NRA.org/) The United States far surpasses every other industrialized nation on the face of the Earth. Just the murder rate in Washington D.C. alone is 15 times greater ... , robbery, and assault, but in Seattle, there is almost five times greater risk of being shot or injured with a handgun than in Vancouver (John ...

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