Gun+Control+-+Paul

="Gun control makes people demonstrably less safe--as any honest examination= =of criminal statistics reveals. It is no coincidence that violent crime flourishes in= =the nation's capital, where the individual's right to self-defense has been most= =severely curtailed."=



Ron Paul is the author of a book called Freedom Under Siege, in the first chapter he stated that he believed that the purpose of the second amendment is to place a check on government terrorism, not to merely allow hunting or self defense. He thinks a ban on weapons at the federal or state level does not work. School shootings, plane theft, and other events are viewed to him as a result of prohibitions on self-defense. He supports the right of citizens to carry concealed fire arms if they are legally owned.