Gun Control

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Twelve years later, in 2011, there were 7.7 million firearms being manufactured (Dept. of Justice. Statistics), putting more guns into a system of trained, untrained, and unlawful citizens. With this dramatic increase in the production of firearms, there was also a sharp incline in deaths. According to the database Gunpolicy.org, of the University of Sydney, there were a total 31,076 deaths by firearms, 11,078 of those were homicides, 19,392 were suicides and 606 were accidents in 2011. Furthermore, “Of the offenders for gender, 89.3 percent were males and of the offenders, for whom race was known, 52.4 percent were black, 45.2 percent were white, and 2.4 percent were of other races. Of the 11,078 murder victims in 2011, 77.6 percent were male. Concerning murder victims for whom race was known, 50 percent were black, 46 percent were white, and 2.6 percent were of other races” (Federal Bureau of Investigation. Statistics).
An increase in manufacturing weapons is unnecessary. ...

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by which the majority of criminals get their guns. So while you need things like an ID and a license to buy a car, but, incredibly, nothing is needed to legally buy a gun from a private seller” (Kopel).
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NCIS) stated, “Background checks are the only systematic way to stop these felons, domestic abusers, mentally ill, and other dangerous people from buying guns. The NICS has blocked over two million gun sales to people who are prohibited from possessing guns” (Demand Action).
Background checks have been very effective in stopping the wrong people from acquiring guns. Sixty percent of states in the U.S. require background ...

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