"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation; where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." ~James Madison.
This quote from our 4th President (James Madison) illustrates there has been a struggle for gun owners throughout our countries history. Many of our founding fathers (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Webster) and others spoke constantly about the importance of our citizenship, maintaining the right to liberty and to bear arms. In numerous speeches and writings, Thomas Jefferson often mentioned the importance of citizens to be able to protect themselves and recent research supports his opinions showing criminals are less likely to attack an armed civilian if they suspect that person is carrying a weapon. There are many, so called "facts" that gun control supporters use as a basis for their argument for more gun control. In truth, the majority of these "facts" are myths and again unfortunate events that are over exposed on television and in newspapers do not constitute "fact" for the remainder of the population.
There are two gun control laws that form the basis for all other gun control laws we have today; the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968. However, there are roughly 300 other major federal and state laws created in the so called name of "gun control." All these gun laws play a major role in regulating all the legal gun owners including those who are sports shooters and hunters. These hunters, sports shooters and the gun industry contribute millions of dollars a year to wildlife conservation, as well as support to numerous youth and safety organizations.
The US gun manufacturing industry includes about 300 companies with combined annual revenue of about $5 billion and employees nearly 190,000 employees generating a total of over 28 billion dollar impact on the U.