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Key Gun Violence Facts
America has a problem with gun violence. Our movie theaters, places of worship, schools, streets, and homes are not safe. And it results in more than 32,000 fatalities every year.
Here are the facts: On average, more than 89 people die from gun violence every day. Two-thirds of those gun deaths are suicides which are three times more likely to happen if there is a gun in the home.
But, did you also know more than 90 percent of Americans support the expansion of Brady background checks to all gun sales? However, only 60 percent of gun sales occur with a background check - the other 40 percent happen no questions asked. Furthermore, about 90 percent of crime guns are traced to only 5 percent of dealers. Additionally 1.7 million children live in a home with an unlocked or loaded gun. And yet our elected representatives in Congress fail to act.
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Gun laws differ wildly from state to state, but it is a fact that those with weaker gun laws on average lead to more gun deaths. Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook, six states have taken action to enact strong, common sense laws. Today eight states have expanded Brady background checks to cover all gun sales. But that’s only the beginning of our bold vision.
http://www.bradycampaign.org/gun-violence
Here are the facts: On average, more than 89 people die from gun violence every day. Two-thirds of those gun deaths are suicides which are three times more likely to happen if there is a gun in the home.
But, did you also know more than 90 percent of Americans support the expansion of Brady background checks to all gun sales? However, only 60 percent of gun sales occur with a background check - the other 40 percent happen no questions asked. Furthermore, about 90 percent of crime guns are traced to only 5 percent of dealers. Additionally 1.7 million children live in a home with an unlocked or loaded gun. And yet our elected representatives in Congress fail to act.
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Gun laws differ wildly from state to state, but it is a fact that those with weaker gun laws on average lead to more gun deaths. Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook, six states have taken action to enact strong, common sense laws. Today eight states have expanded Brady background checks to cover all gun sales. But that’s only the beginning of our bold vision.
http://www.bradycampaign.org/gun-violence
Although the ALEC/NRA/ILA slobbering supporters deny that the US has a "gun problem," and spew hatred at those organizations that are attempting to actually do something about gun violence, public sentiment is slowly changing in favor of sensible gun regulations and mandated personal accountability by gun owners.
No matter how the right-wing gun culture spins it, guns are dangerous weapons when in the hands of those who would abuse their Second Amendment rights. Carrying a deadly weapon in the public venue is not a right, but a privilege. The claimed "right" to self-defense is not immune from regulations governing who, why, when, and where, and has absolutely nothing to do with the Second Amendment.