Introduction: The march toward gun abolition -- Myth 1: Guns increase violent crime -- Myth 2: Pulling a gun on a criminal endangers you more than the criminal -- Myth 3: Guns pose a special threat to children -- Myth 4: The Second Amendment applies only to militiamen -- Myth 5: The Second Amendment is an obsolete relic of the frontier era -- Myth 6: We should treat guns the same way we treat cars, requiring licenses for all users -- Myth 7: Reasonable gun-control measures are no threat to law-abiding gun owners.