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Aug 3, 2023 · Gun control laws are discriminatory and infringe on citizens’ rights. Current gun control laws are frequently aimed at inner city, poor, black communities who are perceived as more dangerous than white gun owners.
- International Civilian Gun Ownership Rates
Sources. Small Arms Survey, “Estimating Global Civilian-Held...
- U.S. Gun Deaths by Year
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tallies American gun...
- Pro & Con Quotes
[W]e know that about 80 percent of gun owners support...
- Average American Gun Owner
Contact Us. ProCon/Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 325 N....
- International Civilian Gun Ownership Rates
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- Steve Bramucci
- Mass shooters are statistical anomalies. There have been 250 mass shootings (four or more shot, not including the shooter) so far in 2018. We don’t know how many people own guns in the US (it’s against the law!)
- The Second Amendment protects gun owners. End of story. Our nation is governed by a constitution. It is the framework of our democracy and the document that irrevocably separates us from monarchies, communist-states, and dictatorships.
- The threat of tyranny is real. This is a more common argument than you might think. In fact, if you’re unwilling to fully fathom any other pro-gun argument, do yourself a favor and savvy out this one.
- A good guy with a gun can prevent a bad guy with a gun. Good guys with guns have indeed stopped bad guys with guns over the years — dating back to the Wild West.
May 27, 2022 · 12 gun control statistics to help inform the debate The debate over stricter gun control laws intensifies as details emerge from the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas....
- Mass Shootings in The Past 40 Years
- The Effects of Gun Laws
- Beyond Gun Control
- Framing The Debate
We defined a mass shooting as a single incident in which a perpetrator with no connection to gang activity or organized crime shot and killed three or more people. This is similar to the definition Congress uses. We found there were 112 of these events between 1980 and 2020; the number of mass shootings each year has increased over time. An overwhe...
Gun laws aren’t the only factorsthat affect where and when mass shootings occur. The number of police officers per capita, a community’s population density and crime rate, and other demographic characteristics such as unemployment rates and average income can also matter. We used statistical methods to control for those factors, narrowing our analy...
Our analysis suggests that Americans who want to make mass shootings less frequent and less deadly may want to think beyond gun control legislation. Statistically, mass shootings tend to occur in large, densely populated states with higher income and education levels per capita. While these states often respond to mass shootings by passing gun cont...
Many policy options involve value judgments stemming from beliefs about the U.S. Constitution and the power of government to regulate guns. Among people who think that restricting gun access reduces mass shootings, people disagree over whether the country should prioritize the individual freedoms of gun owners or the safety and peace of mind of non...
Jan 17, 2013 · January 17, 2013. Two Important Arguments from Both ‘Sides’ of the Gun Debate. The argument over guns is a complex topic, but we ought not to dismiss arguments because they do not square with...
- Tauriq Moosa
Jan 26, 2023 · Published Jan. 26, 2023 Updated Jan. 26, 2023. As the number of mass shootings in America continues to rise, gun control — a term used to describe a wide range of restrictions and measures...
May 26, 2022 · May 26, 2022. 5 min read. The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives. By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and...
