Don Kates

(1941–2016) Lawyer

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Don Kates was a lawyer, best known for Firearms and Violence.

Quick Facts About Don Kates

Born: January 26, 1941
Died: November 1, 2016
Profession: Lawyer
Notable works: Firearms and Violence

About Don Kates

Don Bernard Kates Jr. was an American lawyer and research fellow with The Independent Institute in Oakland, California, who focused on promoting gun rights. His books include Armed: New Perspectives On Gun Control, Restricting Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out, Firearms and Violence: Issues of Public Policy, and The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms and Violence.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Don Kates

A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that…

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Aggressors

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A handgun ban is not realistically enforceable. Confiscating guns would require house-to-house searches and alienate the very individuals whose compliance is essential…

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Bans

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Ironically, the only gun control in 19th century England was the policy forbidding police to have arms while on duty.

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19th century

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Children younger than 5 are twice as likely to die from ingesting household poisons than by gunfire - So the question for…

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Bleach

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The 'militia' was the entire adult male citizenry, who were not simply allowed to keep their own arms, but affirmatively required to…

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Adults

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The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds…

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Amendments

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...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with…

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Abiding

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