Each new mass shooting in the U.S. reignites debate over the country’s treatment of gun rights as virtually sacrosanct. Americans own more guns than anybody else on earth, even adjusted for population. (Yemenis are second.) Firearms are involved in the deaths of more than 33,000 people in the U.S. annually, about two-thirds of which are suicides. Guns are also integral to the story of the nation’s founding. The National Rifle Association, the dominant pro-gun group, has been on a decades-long winning streak, convincing courts and lawmakers to loosen gun restrictions and to prevent the passage of new ones.
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Pretty slanted article authored by an organization with a strong anti gun agenda. Comparing gross numbers of guns among countries with massive population differences isn't relevant. Yemen? SMALL NUMBER of civilian firearms because everyone has a full auto AK.
ReplyDelete99% of world governments do not want an armed citizenry, so they may more easily cow, subdue and rule them. The USA was formed differently, with gun rights for citizens guaranteed in the Constitution itself. This hasn't stopped the marxist led Democratic part to use every opportunity to whittle away at citizens constitutional rights over the last 90 +- years. If President Trump is too late to save the USA, and the liberal Democrats continue to cleverly and successfully pursue their goal of eliminating all opposition, many Americans expect gun confiscation attempts to begin, and some say they are prepared to resist. Read Orwell's 1984 which is not read/studied much anymore, because it comes too close to reality.
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