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DEFENSIVE GUN USE

• Crime Prevention Research Center: Defensive gun use incidents plus lots of other excellent data

• Guns Save Lives: An interactive tracker of defensive gun use. 

• Defensive Gun Use by Children: Incidents where children used firearms to protect their lives and those of their family members.
• Stats on Defensive Gun Use - Some important stats to know about defensive gun uses.

INFOGRAPHICS 

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• The Value of a Well-Armed Citizenry

• Gun Violence Facts from the DOJ

• Stand Your Ground Infographic

• 2015 Women & Shooting Infographic

• Guns in America

• Girls & Guns - The Rise of Women Carrying Concealed Weapons 

THE AR-15 AND THE "ASSAULT WEAPONS" MYTH

• The truth about assault weapons - slide presentation
• Myth: Nobody Needs an AR-15

STATS & FACTS

• Gun Control in other Countries

• CDC Injury Death Stats

• Right to Carry 1993 - 2019 (Animated): Map showing how the right to carry has changed state-by-state over the years

•  Guns Save Lives Factsheet - Ever notice how those who would promote gun control often make their claims without providing facts or studies to support those claims? Respond with a few facts of your own: guns save more lives than they take; prevent more injuries than they inflict; concealed carry laws help reduce crime and criminals avoid armed citizens. Here are the statistics you need, AND the sources/studies to support each statistic!

• Debunking Myths about Concealed Carry

POINTS TO PONDER

Excellent articles that make great points

• What if there were serious gun control laws?

• Th AR-15 Is the Musket of Our Time

SURVIVAL STORIES

• Fighting like a girl saved her life

• New Jersey couple become gun owners after home invasion, sexual assault

• Attacked & raped while walking to class - but the second attack had a different ending