Nov 19 2008
It’s National Ammo Day!
Ah, it’s one of my favorite holidays…
Yes, it is today, but don’t let your inability to get to your friendly neighborhood ammo dealer today discourage you from participating. All the ammo you buy this week counts.
You know what to do: Buy 100 rounds (or equivalent for hand-loaders).
If you cannot purchase ammo:
1. Write a letter to your Representatives to let them know you support the Second Amendment, and would not support taxation schemes and gimmicks that limit or restrict a person’s ability buy ammo.
2. Join or contribute to a gun rights organization.
Facts:
* Number of firearms in America: 228,000,000
* Number of firearm owning households: At least 50,600,000
* Projected firearm owning households in America: 60-85 million
* Number of guns used in crimes: 450,000
* Percentage of guns used in crimes: 0.09%
Over 50 million law-abiding, gun owning households committed NO crime today… but collectively, we stop 2.5 million crimes per year… 6,849 a day!
Fact: Every day, 550 rapes, 1,100 murders, and 5,200 other violent crimes are prevented just by showing a gun. In less than 0.9% of the time is the gun ever actually fired.
