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Gun Control 1 laws
- The united states has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000
- proponents of more gun control laws state that the second amendment was intended for militias
- Opponents say that the second amendment protects and indivisuals right to own guns
- A pew survey found that 57% of people believe that owning a gun protects them from being victimized
- guns are used for self defense 2.5 milliion times a year
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Gun control 5 Percentile
- The risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during domestic dispute
- 29,618,300 violent crimes interfere with the ability of law abiding citizens
- 48% of convicted felons survey admitted that they avoided committing crimes.
- Gun control lawa would reduce the societal cost associated with gun violence
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Gun control 8 laws
- gun control laws give to much power to the gov. and may result in gov. tranny
- A majority of aldults including gun owners supporrt common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assult weapons.
- gun control laws such as background checks and micro-stamping are invasion of privacy
- More gun control leads to fewer suicides.
- more gun control is unnecessary because relatively few people are killed by guns
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Gun control 10 laws
- Enacting laws such as mandatoey safety feature would reduce the number of accidentalgun deaths
- gun control laws and lower gun ownership rates do not prevent suicide
- the presence of a gun makes a conflict more likely to become violent
- more gun control is not needed education about gun safety is needed
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- Armed civilian are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situation
- gun control laws would prevent citizens from protecting themselves
- countries with restrictive gun control laws have lower gun homicide
- strict gun control laws do not work in mexico and will not work in the united states
- gun control laws are racist
- gun control efforts have proved ineffective.
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