Seconds later, an officer shouts "gun, gun, gun, gun!" and they shoot at Mr. Clark 20 times.
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Seconds later, in the dark, one officer shouted, "gun, gun, gun, gun!" and the police opened fire.
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Seconds later, in the dark, one officer shouted, "gun, gun, gun, gun!" and they shot 20 times at Mr. Clark.
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His findings: For every justifiable gun homicide, there were 34 criminal gun homicides, 78 gun suicides, and two accidental gun deaths.
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He found that for every justifiable gun homicide, there were 34 criminal gun homicides, 78 gun suicides, and two accidental gun deaths.
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"You didn't hear the officer say, 'Gun, gun, gun'," the attorney told NBC DFW.
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" Of the gun visible in her bedroom, Joyce revealed, "The gun was a BB gun.
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Local gun clubs and gun shops provide a similar structure for the gun-rights movement.
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And some gun control groups have embraced non-gun control ideas for reducing gun violence.
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I was the father of a gun-murdered child and I had taken a gun course and obtained a gun license and purchased a gun.
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On gun issues specifically, gun owners are more active, willing to contribute to gun-friendly candidates, contact public officials about gun policies, sign petitions, etc.
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I also believe that gun owners and non-gun owners alike expect Washington to take action when it comes to gun violence and gun safety.
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Responsible gun owners -- which account for the overwhelming majority -- take gun ownership and gun rights seriously.
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" Mr. Hinkle proposes a gun control solution that protects gun rights: the "gun violence restraining order.
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"It's not necessarily for gun control but for gun safety and anti-gun violence," she said.
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America's gun problem, explained But in my hunting camp, gun rights don't exist — just gun responsibilities.
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Public opinion momentum is against gun policy When Pew first asked Americans whether they were more in favor of protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership in 221, 212% said gun rights and 223% said gun control.
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Still, it's likely that gun control measures on net reduce levels of gun ownership and gun crimes.
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That's because the laws on gun sales reflect the financial needs of gun dealers and gun manufacturers.
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Everybody want a gun, and everybody that can get a hold to a gun has a gun.
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As the Washington Post's Chris Ingraham has documented, for every one "justifiable" gun homicide, there are 34 criminal gun homicides, 78 gun suicides and two accidental gun deaths.
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Everytown for Gun Safety raises awareness about gun violence by educating the public about common sense gun laws.
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A Washington gun lobby group wants to stop "gun-hating banks" from "discriminatory lending practices" toward gun manufacturers.
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Gun sales normally spike when Democrats are in power, as gun owners' fears of gun-control measures rise.
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During this incident, no gun was displayed, no one was threatened with a gun, no one mentioned a gun, therefore a gun violence restraining order was not considered relevant.
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They asked that gun owners who hold "premises" licenses — which allow gun owners to keep a gun in their home and also to practice shooting at seven specific gun ranges — also be allowed to bring the gun to different ranges.
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Gun owners are also more likely than non-gun owners to have contacted a public official about gun policy.
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Retired Top Gun instructors say that both "Top Gun" and the trailer for "Top Gun: Maverick" are incredibly realistic.
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High gun ownership rates do not reduce gun deaths, but rather tend to coincide with increases in gun deaths.
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But overall, gun-violence research has essentially ground to a halt while gun-rights advocates and gun-control advocates fight each other instead of fighting the problem of gun violence.
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The states categorized as "lax" on gun control laws don't have background check requirements for gun trading between private parties, such as private sellers or gun purchases at gun shows.
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Not all gun owners have similar attitudes — and those who own multiple guns have outsize influence in the gun debateThe results revealed an interesting pattern: Despite gun-rights groups framing their cause on behalf of all gun owners, the beliefs of people who own a gun, or have a gun in their home, or previously owned a gun tend to be considerably more nuanced.
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Meanwhile, there is an awful lot of research indicating that stricter gun laws are correlated with a reduction in gun homicides, while looser gun laws are correlated with more gun homicides.
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When President Barack Obama's administration prioritized reducing gun violence, there was a real fear of gun restrictions among gun owners.
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Almost three-quarters of male gun owners reported owning more than one gun, compared to 53% of female gun owners.
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This left the national gun debate mostly in the hands of the gun-friendly Bush administration and gun-rights supporters.
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Yet high gun ownership rates do not reduce gun deaths, but rather tend to coincide with increases in gun deaths.
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You see the gun faster, so it lowers your threshold for understanding what's a gun and what's not a gun.
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Over the past decade or so, gun homicides dropped while gun suicides rose, keeping the rate of gun deaths flat.
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" An officer can then be heard yelling: "Gun. Gun.
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Go deeper: Ivanka Trump is quietly calling lawmakers about the gun debate Beto O'Rourke brings gun control campaign to gun show San Jose mayor wants to require liability insurance for gun owners
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The gun was locked in the open position and a gun magazine was next to the gun with bullets inside it.
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Everytown for Gun Safety: Everytown works to end gun violence by supporting stricter gun control measures and getting out the vote.
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State gun laws are tracked, in detail, by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which lobbies for gun control.
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She knows how to fire a gun, but also has never held a gun, and doesn't know what a gun is.
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Under the Gun explores the gun control debate across political aisles and features interviews with both parents of those who've lost children due to gun violence, as well as pro-gun activist groups.
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It also aims to repeal more loopholes in existing gun laws, end special legal protections for gun companies, improve oversight of gun dealers, and raise the minimum age for gun sales to 21.
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Studies have linked stricter gun laws to fewer gun deaths.
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What is the relationship between gun laws and gun ownership?
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But Connecticut tightened gun laws, and gun homicides fell 40%.
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Gun control: He supports universal background checks for gun buyers.
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He emerged carrying a paintball gun and a pellet gun.
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"Legitimate gun owners can still own a gun," he said.
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The gun lobby and gun manufacturers value profit over lives.
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Even tough gun control legislation will not extinguish gun violence.
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Gun debate: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised stricter gun controls.
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Each gun is modeled on a gun of Baxter's choosing.
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Gun owners must take a class before owning a gun.
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It was a demonstration against gun violence, not gun control.
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"Legitimate gun owners can still own a gun," Cuomo said.
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You're meeting a guess about a gun with a gun.
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The gun legislation that was adopted instead loosened gun restrictions.
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"In Illinois, if you go to buy a gun in the gun store, you have to present your gun card," Daley said.
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Opponents of gun laws will argue that the areas with the strictest gun laws—often large cities—have the most gun violence.
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Gun rights advocates have pushed a "good guy with a gun" argument: that licensed gun owners could save lives during such shootings.
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They also give a voice to gun violence survivors, mobilize grassroots gun safety organizations and pressure lawmakers into make sound gun laws.
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One in four adults say they own a gun and a majority of gun owners say they own more than one gun.
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You soon find a gun, the Service Weapon, which is less a gun than the idea of a gun made real (or perhaps less a gun than a heroic weapon given some modern form).
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This is what you have to do to get a gun in Japan: Once approved for a temporary license to have a gun, the applicant can visit a gun shop to select a gun.
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Why it matters: This doesn't prove the gun ownership rates are causing more gun deaths, but at the very least, it shows that higher gun ownership rates tend to correlate with higher gun mortality rates.
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They're also likelier to identify themselves as single-issue voters than gun control opponents are, and Republican gun owners are likelier to say their gun owner identity is important to them than Democratic gun owners.
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As a gun owner, and a gun violence survivor, I applaud Mike Bloomberg's gun safety policy plan for including measures to require background checks on all gun sales and to require nationwide red-flag laws.
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The officers then shouted "Show me your hands!" and "gun, gun gun," body-worn camera footage released just days after the shooting showed.
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Gun safety: Messam has worked to enact local gun regulations in Miramar to make a 5,000-seat amphitheater in the city gun-free.
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Dr. Spitzer said gun owners who favor gun limits reflect an often-silent middle who could be powerful allies for gun control groups.
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Other regulations, including requiring more stringent record-keeping by gun dealers or mandating gun locks, had no measurable effect on gun-related deaths.
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His measure sought to tighten background checks for all gun buyers, not just for gun buyers at gun shows and on the internet.
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She told police that she accompanied Paddock to gun stores and gun shows and helped him set up a gun range in Nevada.
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That helps explain why the most rigorous reviews of gun policies have concluded that stricter gun laws can reduce gun violence and deaths.
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Democrat Lucy McBath lost her son to gun violence and then became a spokeswoman for gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety.
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Historically, gun owners and gun rights activists have simply been much more activated by gun-related issues than supporters of stricter firearm laws.
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Yet there are roughly two gun suicides for every gun homicide.
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With that evidence, gun control and gun rights advocates can unite.
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In '93, everyone who could get a gun, carried a gun.
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The gun jammed, so Missouri beat him with his gun instead.
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"His gun was a very, very toy-looking gun," he said.
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Gun control advocates worry about Trump's relationship with the gun lobby.
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"We heard gun fire, two gun shots," said waitress Sarah Gousse.
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Some gun control groups go far beyond "common sense" gun laws.
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A receiver is basically what makes a gun, well, a gun.
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Gun Laws: Which States Make It Easy To Buy A Gun?
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Gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety announced Thursday that Rep.
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Last night, Grey's Anatomy tackled not gun violence, but gun ownership.
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Gun debate: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has promised stricter gun controls.
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New Zealand has fairly lax gun laws, but little gun violence.
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Still, even majorities of gun owners now support stricter gun laws.
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" Shortly after arriving, one officer could be heard saying: "Gun. Gun.
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Mr. Bloomberg formed the gun control organization Everytown for Gun Safety.
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There are gun owners for whom a gun doesn't signal comfort.
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Since then, rates of gun violence and gun suicides have tumbled.
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The shooter and victim thought the gun was a pellet gun.
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I looked into that question, breaking down gun laws in several developed countries based on media reports, studies on gun violence, national databases, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence's analysis of American gun laws, and the Law Library of Congress's reviews of gun laws around the world.
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According to data analyzed by the Post, for every "justifiable gun homicide" in 2012 — when a firearm is used in self-defense — there were 34 criminal gun homicides, 78 gun suicides, and two accidental gun deaths.
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On both sides, partisans deploy the usual arguments: anti-gun groups can make the case that we haven't taken gun control far enough; pro-gun groups can argue that gun control is never going to work.
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The resolution raises the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 25, requires shooting and safety training for gun owners, stops online sales of firearms and closes the gun show loophole for gun purchases.
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California has extreme gun control measures such as a 10-day waiting period on gun purchases, universal background checks, gun registration, gun confiscation laws, an "assault weapons" ban, and a "good cause" requirement for concealed carry.
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Two other major players in the gun control lobby, Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence, and Everytown for Gun Safety, have also backed Pureval.
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Pew research suggests 77% of gun owners (alongside 87% of non-owners) want mandatory background checks for private gun sales and at gun shows.
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But American gun culture runs far deeper than American gun laws — and changing laws won't matter much (or be possible) without understanding gun culture.
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Gun owners are 80 percent more likely than non-gun owners to have contacted a public official about gun policy in the past year.
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While gun control advocates consider Florida a permissive, pro-gun state, Texas is even more permissive, allowing gun owners to openly carry their handguns.
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UPDATE -- We're told the gun isn't a traditional "Tommy Gun" but rather a Russian PPSh-41 ... essentially the Russian version of the Tommy Gun.
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Find opportunities to speak out against gun violence with one of the nation's many multi-generational anti-gun violence advocacy groups such as the like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence or Moms Demand Gun Violence .
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Citing polls showing strong support for new restrictions even among gun owners, gun control advocates believe the public is open to expanded background checks, new limits on gun purchases and more scrutiny of gun manufacturers and dealers.
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Depictions showed various mounts for the gun — corresponding to a machine gun, a chain gun, a cannon, an autocannon, a rail gun, a projectile firing device or a laser weapon — that would retract into the aircraft's belly.
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Why it matters: The poll reveals that a majority of gun owners support existing gun control laws, as well as banning assault weapons and requiring background checks for all gun sales, including online and at gun shows.
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The gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety has echoed that call.
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Interestingly, though, Microsoft initially had a "ray gun" as its gun option.
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Police recovered a paintball gun and a pellet gun from the scene.
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The search terms "buy gun" and "clean gun" surged during this period.
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"They also taught me one gun plus one gun is two guns".
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Just look at the rate of gun ownership and gun-related homicides.
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Trump's refusal to discuss gun control or gun safety reforms was glaring.
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Paradoxically, public support for tougher gun laws has risen alongside gun sales.
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She doesn't own a gun but has taken two gun safety courses.
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You only want people who respect a gun to own a gun.
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Gun suicides outnumber gun homicides in this country by two-to-one.
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He had no gun, nor was there any gun in his car.
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Gun sales Gun makers and sellers largely backed Donald Trump for President.
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Some believe gun shop projects are backdoor ways to curb gun ownership.
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" Trumble frames it as the difference between "gun safety" and "gun control.
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In 24 states, no gun training is required to carry a gun.
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Ticket sales will benefit the gun-control nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety.
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She points to her gun violence plan, which promises stronger gun laws.
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The conversation turned to gun politics; I'm a closeted gun rights sympathizer.
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Have you ever shot a gun or had experience with gun violence?
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He opposed gun-control measures and snagged donations from pro-gun organizations.
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Kemp seeks to expand gun rights, while Abrams supports gun-control measures.
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Congress could conceivably force restrictive gun laws on the gun-friendly states.
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U.S. gun-control groups have outspent gun-rights groups for the midterm elections by 40%, unraveling the NRA's longstanding dominance in spending on gun politics.
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To the Editor: Nicholas Kristof's apologia for gun ownership doesn't address one reason people like me want more gun control, not just more gun safety.
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Finally, we must ensure background checks are applied to all gun sales, not just sales by licensed gun dealers, but also sellers at gun shows.
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But just as gun control advocates count victories, the gun lobby has seen an expansion of gun rights in states across the country as well.
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With stricter gun laws than the United States, Canada also does not have the gun culture or gun rights that exist in its southern neighbor.
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It's time to start weeding out prospective officials who aren't actually committed to ending gun violence through actions that curb gun ownership and gun use.
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Tuesday's letter was signed by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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For instance, advocacy groups that track classroom gun violence report that gun-free zones have been highly effective in minimizing gun homicides on college campuses.
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Democrats have historically advocated for tougher gun control, but with pro-gun Republicans controlling the Senate, it will frustrate any attempts to tighten gun laws.
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Chicago gun violence During his NRA speech, Trump also took aim at Chicago, saying it has tough gun laws but a problem with gun violence.
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Attempts to impose new forms of gun control spur the NRA to rally gun owners and other opponents of gun control to kill such proposals.
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I worked for Texans Against Gun Violence when we initiated Texas' child gun access prevention law and prohibition of gun possession by family violence offenders.
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Gun owners might be less supportive of outright bans, and worry about broader gun restrictions; they are not completely opposed to any gun control measures.
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The in-game gun fires when the gun controller's trigger is pulled, reloads when the pump is pumped, and abilities are triggered by buttons on the gun and headset or motion sensors on the side of the gun.
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Results showed 54% of respondents didn't own a gun, 12% previous had a gun or there was a gun in their home that didn't belong to them, 12% owned a gun, and 16% owned two or more firearms.
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Several studies have found that stricter gun laws are associated with fewer gun deaths, with some of the strongest research linking gun licensing schemes similar to New Zealand's to significant reductions in gun deaths in Connecticut and Missouri.
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Similarly, a recent review of US studies by the RAND Corporation found some evidence that stricter gun laws, like background checks, reduce gun deaths and injuries, while permissive gun laws, like concealed carry, increase gun deaths and injuries.
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Gun makers don't make smart guns because the shooting public knows that adding an electronic device to a gun that can prevent the gun from firing is a bad idea that makes the gun useless for any serious purpose.
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White people are much more likely to oppose gun control than other demographics: 57 percent of white people believe gun rights are more important than gun control, whereas 72 percent of African-Americans think gun control is more important.
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"The gun silencers provision of the SHARE Act would make it easier for felons, domestic abusers and people with dangerous mental illnesses to buy gun silencers," Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, wrote on its website.
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" California got the only "A" in the 2017 annual gun law scorecard from Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which praised the state for "the strongest gun laws in the nation and a correspondingly low gun death rate.
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I long ago tired of hearing politicians who are supposed to be in favor of smarter gun laws and reducing American gun deaths and injuries pull their punches so as not to upset the gun lobby and gun lobbyists.
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On July 23, Washington's new "Secure Gun Storage" law goes into effect, which states a gun owner can be held criminally responsible if their gun gets into the wrong hands or if a crime is committed with the gun.
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On July 20109, Washington's new "Secure Gun Storage" law goes into effect, which states a gun owner can be held criminally responsible if their gun gets into the wrong hands or if a crime is committed with the gun.
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He also points the gun right out Cassandra, and this is called "foreshadowing" or "Chekhov's gun," as that gun is 100% going to go off again.
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Group meetings across the country focus on teaching new gun owners each state's gun laws, and helping first-time gun owners feel comfortable with their weapons.
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Obama's plan to tackle gun violence focused on universal background checks for gun sales, banning assault weapons again, and increasing criminal penalties for illicit gun traffickers.
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"You didn't hear the officer say 'gun, gun, gun,' you didn't hear him — he didn't have time to perceive a threat," Merritt told reporters on Saturday.
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The orange flag pins are part of a campaign by Everytown for Gun Safety to support the prevention of gun violence and advocate for gun safety.
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Join a local chapter of one of many national gun violence protection organizations like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence or Moms Demand Gun Violence .
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Related to that, 81% of voters said that reducing gun violence was more important than protecting gun rights, even though 41% said they were gun owners.
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" But to the National Rifle Association and to many gun owners and gun rights advocates, the laws are "unnecessary, ineffective, and endanger law-abiding gun owners.
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The mass shooting renewed the debate on gun control in the country and spurred a youth-led movement to change gun laws and end gun violence.
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The National Rifle Association (NRA), the country's largest gun rights group, said on Twitter that gun control laws are not the answer to preventing gun deaths.
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This year, she rallied mothers of gun-violence victims to join her in demanding comprehensive background checks for gun buyers and tighter reins on gun sales.
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The organization advocates for safe gun storage and argues it backs "common-sense gun laws" that most gun owner agree with, such as universal background checks.
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All of the speakers were kids that had either lost someone because of gun violence, been affected by gun violence or were terrified of gun violence.
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A shadow government exists in the world of gun sales, and the people who write gun regulations are the very people who profit from gun sales.
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And it was in precisely these districts where gun violence prevention organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety and Giffords targeted voters with a gun safety message.
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The strict scrutiny test customarily applied to an individual right demands more than blaming the gun or the gun lobby as opposed to the gun man.
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In July, Ms. Ardern announced a second wave of gun-control measures, including a mandatory gun register and a ban on gun purchases by foreign visitors.
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Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun-control group aligned with the former mayor, has spent millions of dollars to elect candidates supportive of gun-safety measures.
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Joe Scarborough is slamming the GOP for their silence on gun control, calling politicians who cater to "extreme" gun rights voters "dead wrong" on gun safety.
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Give an inch on gun control -- universal background checks, for example -- and open Pandora's box to the true motive of gun control fanatics: National gun collection.
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The National Rifle Association, which pours millions into funding pro-gun politicians and candidates for office, works on behalf of gun enthusiasts and gun manufacturers alike.
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Anytime there's an attempt to impose new forms of gun control, the NRA rallies gun owners and other opponents of gun control to kill such proposals.
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The data show a correlation between the gun law reforms and gun violence.
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Still, even a hackable smart gun is more secure than an ordinary gun.
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He knows Republican gun owners who support at least some gun control measures.
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The gun lobby and gun extremists almost always fight fiercely against these bills.
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Couric was also honored for her gun violence prevention film, Under the Gun.
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The figure comes from Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun-control advocacy group.
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The challengers include individuals and the gun rights group Gun Owners of America.
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By 2017, only 18% favoured gun control compared to 79% favouring gun rights.
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Traditionally, gun rights activist have been more passionate than advocates for gun control.
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You also can't customize a Nerf gun like you can a K'nex gun.
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This is not an anti-gun film, it's an anti-gun violence film.
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Michael K. Williams weighs in on gun violence and gun control in Jersey.
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Warmus denies buying that gun and says she never called that gun shop.
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Sanders voted with the gun lobby, and I voted against the gun lobby.
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Samsung also later replaced its gun with a water gun, as did WhatsApp.
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Apple replaced the gun emoji with a water gun in iOS 10. Really?
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Even among gun owners, 92% support requiring background checks for all gun buyers.
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Gun control advocates claim that gunlocks will also reduce children's accidental gun deaths.
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We don't want anybody who shouldn't have a gun to have a gun.
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But unfortunately, the gun lobby opposes requiring background checks on all gun sales.
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In the world of airport and aviation security, 'a gun is a gun.
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Gun control Supporters of gun control can't be that happy with the omnibus.
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Around the world, stronger gun laws have been linked to fewer gun deaths.
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No gun was involved, so no new gun law will stop these crimes.
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Gun stocks often spike following mass shootings on fears of stricter gun control.
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Universal background check for all gun sales, including online and at gun shows.
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Gun deaths Gun deaths in the US reached a record high last year.
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And even a plurality of gun owners want to see stronger gun laws.
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A paintball gun and a pellet gun were recovered from the scene later.
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The choice, he said, is not between gun rights and no gun rights.
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I signed up for the gun-safety course at my local gun club.
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And it hired lobbyists to work on gun safety and gun control issues.
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The moves won praise from gun control opponents and anger from gun enthusiasts.
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Gun rights groups have no shortage of experience in fighting gun control efforts.
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Yes, there is evidence that civil laws requiring gun permits reduce gun deaths.
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His perennial favorite gun control measure is background checks on private gun transfers.
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Both countries have a culture of gun ownership and a strong gun lobby.
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Kapoor also praised the efforts of gun control nonprofit, Everytown for Gun Safety.
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Pro-gun groups are not happy with the push to redefine gun laws.
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In other words, gun control is an ineffective approach at stopping gun violence.
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The event called for stricter gun laws and an end to gun violence.
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"The first toy I had was a gun, a real gun," he said.
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That's why you go to gun conventions; that's why you read gun magazines!
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Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun violence prevention advocacy group, compiled the data.
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This routine gun violence makes up a huge portion of America's gun problem.
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The resistance to gun control legislation even extends to victims of gun violence.
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"When it looked like the gun lobby would forever silence any debate on stronger gun laws, courage shone through," tweeted Gabrielle Giffords, the anti-gun violence advocate and former representative from Arizona who famously survived a gun assassination attempt in 2011.
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To understand how gun control advocates' high-handed indifference to basic gun knowlege feeds into to the visceral reaction that pro-gun folks have to smart gun tech, you have to go back to the original, Clinton-era Assault Weapon Ban.
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They looked for more than 70 topics that could be covered during classes, such as firearm anatomy, firearm operation, firearm laws, gun storage, gun accident prevention, self-defense gun use, suicide prevention, firearm statistics, gun theft prevention and live fire practice.
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If you're a state that has strict gun laws on the books, it's an indication that the gun lobby or gun rights people in that state are not as strong, which also correlates to less gun ownership to begin with.
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The gun lobby has blocked gun violence research by the CDC, a computerized crime gun database at the ATF and a registry of gun owners so that we can identify people who have become unstable or radicalized since buying their guns.
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The Violence Policy Center, a national organization working to end gun deaths, found that states with the highest rate of gun ownership and the most lenient gun violence prevention laws had the highest rates of gun death in the country.
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The N.R.A. and other gun-rights groups have long used the idea of a gun registry to motivate voters, arguing that universal background checks would lead to a database of gun owners, and that a database would lead to gun confiscation.
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Ironically, as Carter told Gell, though he supports some gun legislation being proposed (including universal background checks), he is a gun collector and a gun rights supporter who believes liberals and minorities should embrace gun ownership for their own safety.
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The research suggests that stricter gun control measures reduce gun deaths, although other variables — socioeconomic issues, alcohol consumption, and urbanization — can contribute to gun crime as well.
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" End legal immunity for gun manufacturers so that victims of gun violence can "have their day in court when a gun dealer or manufacturer has acted negligently.
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Any attempt to use executive power to crack down on gun manufacturers and gun ownership would likely be met with legal challenges from the gun rights lobby.
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As a result, CDC research funding for gun violence fell by 96 percent between 1996 and 2012, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, which backs gun control.
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And gun control advocates are pointing out that the creation of more stringent gun laws would obviate the need for either tighter security or gun free zones.
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So anytime there's an attempt to impose new forms of gun control, the NRA rallies gun owners and other opponents of gun control to kill these bills.
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Most Americans favour such laws and would like universal background checks on gun purchases, too (though support for gun control is less fervent than for gun rights).
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Last week, surrounded by family members of gun violence victims, Clinton promised to push for gun law reform, including comprehensive background checks and closing gun law loopholes.
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It's on trying to take a big bite out of America's massive spate of gun murders, gun suicides, and accidental shootings through extremely robust gun regulation measures.
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Twenty states passed some form of gun regulation last year, including nine states with a Republican governor, according to the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.
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He pled guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, illegal possession of a gun and ammunition, carrying a loaded gun and firing a gun near a building.
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She joined Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, an organization that advocates for gun control, and started visiting lawmakers in Texas, petitioning for gun violence prevention efforts.
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Because gun violence is so polarized and so polarizing an issue, we need hard evidence about what will work to prevent gun violence and protect gun rights.
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The calls for gun control that usually follow these shootings can actually "push the gun owners to buy the gun that's about to be banned," Winkler said.
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Everytown for Gun Safety found that for every gun-related death in the U.S., another two people hit by gun violence are left injured, maimed, or incapacitated.
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The language surrounding firearms can be tricky, and the gun lobby sometimes seeks to discredit gun control advocates by pointing to incorrect use of gun-related terminology.
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She's called for gun manufacturers to do more to reduce gun violence, and pushed for the National Institutes of Health to do more research on gun violence.
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It was not the background checks of Australian citizens, nor the age required to purchase a gun, nor a gun license that reduced gun violence in Australia.
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That allegiance to gun manufacturers means that the NRA's top priority in any debate about gun violence is protecting the product — deflecting attention away from gun sales.
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Stroud noted that certain gun-control measure do have support among gun owners, but that the phrase "gun control" put many of her interviewees on the defense.
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Her key finding was that gun owners and non-gun-owners had roughly the same rates of suicidality, but that gun owners were more likely to die.
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On Monday, a similar coalition of gun groups, gun shops, and an individual seeking to buy a gun filed a federal lawsuit claiming that New Jersey Gov.
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Stock prices for gun manufacturers also tend to rise after mass shootings, likely because the debate over gun control heats up and rekindles fears from gun owners.
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About 28 percent of gun owners have contributed to an organization that takes a position on gun policy, while only 10 percent of non-gun owners have.
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Via gun shows and astounding access to weaponry, the NRA and gun owners profit from this awful trade, even as gun victims die in cities like Chicago.
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They also said altering hot-button terminology might help opposing sides carry on a more constructive discussion, suggesting gun policy or gun health instead of gun control.
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It really is simple: Stricter gun laws and fewer guns mean fewer gun deaths.
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Still, the current research is clear: Gun control does cut down on gun deaths.
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Greenberg had never built a gun before and is not even a gun owner.
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They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence -- we call B.S.!
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"I didn't buy a gun, I built the gun," he said in the call.
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Federally regulated gun retailers must run new gun purchases through the Fix NICS registry.
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" Brielle later shared a closer look of her new gun, writing, "Rose gold gun!!
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They started with strict gun laws and they are staying with strict gun laws.
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Tuesday — carrying what turned out to be a paintball gun and a pellet gun.
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And gun violence is preventable, but not without the passage of stronger gun laws.
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The idea was to listen to, and politely challenge, gun owners about gun control.
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" Brielle later shared a closer look of her new gun, writing, "Rose gold gun!!
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Gun control supporters have accused the gun industry of blocking research into the technology.
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The photo is more of a smoking gun than, well, an actual smoking gun.
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Apparently it wasn't Carlotta's gun that killed Otis, because that gun was never fired.
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Watch Michael K. Williams weigh in on gun violence and gun control in America.
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An overwhelming majority of Americans (and gun owners) support steps to reduce gun violence.
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Beyond gun laws, there are all sorts of factors that contribute to gun deaths.
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He's got a gun to his head—I don't do it with a gun!
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Democratic lawmakers and gun control advocates have called for tighter gun control laws. Rep.
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Gun control advocates have long claimed that even gun owners support stronger background checks.
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It is no surprise why the gun is so reviled by gun control advocates.
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A gun is an instrument of death, yet we do not train gun owners.
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CDT: Everytown for Gun Safety holds a Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines.
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In response, the country enacted tough gun control laws and a gun buyback program.
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Gun manufacturers made 4,720,075 pistols in 2017, the largest portion of US gun manufacturing.
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Requiring all gun owners to complete a gun safety course and register all firearms.
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A pellet gun and a paintball gun were recovered from the scene, officials said.
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Which gun control policies could prevent mass shootings, according to a gun violence expert
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Some gun companies donate a portion of every gun purchase directly to the NRA.
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I decided it'd be cool to have a gun, so I got a gun.
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The study wasn't designed to prove whether gun laws directly prevent childhood gun fatalities.
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Evidence is also building that even relatively modest gun-control measures reduce gun deaths.
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Rick Scott (R) walk away from the gun lobby and embrace stronger gun laws.
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Second, gun-control groups focus on persuasion, while gun-rights groups focus on identity.
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By 1967, opinion polls found widespread support for gun control, even among gun owners.
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That gun store owner happened to sell the gun to the Virginia Tech shooter.
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Study after study shows that states with looser gun restrictions have more gun deaths.
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Renewed calls for gun control haven't had the effect of boosting gun stock prices.
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"It's not as simple as being either pro-gun or anti-gun," she says.
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I've done that because I am a gun owner and a gun-rights advocate.
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Among gun owners, support for stricter gun laws stood at 260%, with 252% opposed.
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Some supporters of gun control see plenty of legal room for gun control measures.
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Gun control: Both organizations back universal background checks for gun sales and transfers. 5.
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The answer is that gun manufacturers and gun dealers are having a tough year.
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The gun lobby wants to sell guns to everyone — criminals and gun traffickers included.
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People seeking common sense gun control must become single-issue voters on gun control.
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Many of them have earned by the gun, killed by the gun, since adolescence.
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I support common-sense gun safety legislation, which reduces gun violence and save lives.
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Gun violence: Over 85033 percent of Americans support background checks on all gun sales.
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I didn't want to own a gun, really, so why'd I get a gun?
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Venezuela serves as an example of how gun prohibition can sometimes encourage gun crime.
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It would let gun owners take their weapons, if concealed, into gun-free zones.
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The gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety puts that number at 18.
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Gun ownership and support for gun rights is now almost indistinguishable from party affiliation.
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Overall, roughly 37% of the deaths were gun murders, while 60% were gun suicides.
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But California actually offers pretty good evidence that gun control can curb gun violence.
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It was not the gun, nor type of gun, he used in the shooting.
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Gun: A gun store runs your name through the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System; you put your money on the counter and the gun is yours.
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NorthShore offers gun safety training, gun ranges in which to shoot, a gun shop stocked with all kinds of weapons and ammunition, and a full bar and restaurant.
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The young people participating in the march were all in some way affected by gun violence and are committed to raising gun awareness and fighting against gun violence.
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Gun control: Proposed a 14-part plan in May that calls for a national gun licensing program, which would force Americans to apply for 5-year gun licenses.
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The audience was filled with people on both sides of the gun debate, including families of victims of gun violence as well as those against gun control measures.
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This approach has the power to get us out of the deadly morass of gun violence by finding solutions that both protect gun rights and reduce gun violence.
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First off, it doesn't begin at a gun shop; it begins by obtaining a permit to purchase a gun from your local police department — basically, a gun license.
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"The end impact is you decrease gun ownership overall," Cassandra Crifasi, a researcher (and gun owner) at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, told me.
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The story series is another example of the myth of the "good guy with a gun," which pro-gun advocates promote as a strategy to prevent gun violence.
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Those lawsuits, which sought to hold gun companies liable for the extra policing and emergency servicing expense that resulted from gun violence, were costing gun companies enormous sums.
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President George W. Bush, saw similar successes with his Project Safe Neighborhoods program to focus on gang-connected gun violence, black market gun runners, and other gun crimes.
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Nearly 150 professional investors are "strongly urging" gun makers, retailers and distributors and the companies that finance the gun industry to take action in response to gun violence.
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It's the gun manufacturers, the people that invest in gun manufacturers, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the politicians who enable the manufacturers by blocking safer gun laws.
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Stricter gun laws were still associated with fewer childhood gun fatalities even after researchers accounted for state level differences in gun ownership and other social and demographic variables.
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Gun sales soared earlier this week after Obama announced he would take executive action to expand background checks on gun sales in an effort to curb gun violence.
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As with the link between guns and gun deaths more broadly, gun ownership rates and gun control laws are not the only contributors to killings by police officers.
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This weekend, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are organizing "recess rallies" to pressure lawmakers to change gun laws in America.
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Germany also saw a 25% reduction in gun crimes from 2010 to 2015 after severely limiting gun ownership and subjecting potential gun owners to a lengthy waiting period.
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Gun rights advocates have tried to redirect the #NeverAgain conversation away from gun control measures and toward more gun-friendly actions, like arming teachers and increasing school security.
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For example, gun-control advocates who believe stricter firearms laws will reduce gun-related homicides usually also want to believe that such laws will reduce gun-related homicides.
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Gun-control activists see closing the loophole as the foundation for a comprehensive gun violence reduction plan, while the gun lobby, and many Republicans, have been vehemently opposed.
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Gun-control activists see closing the loophole as the foundation for a comprehensive gun violence reduction plan, while the gun lobby, and many Republicans, have been vehemently opposed.
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Gun control bill: The House voted Wednesday to require background checks for all gun buyers, the first major gun control bill to pass the chamber in 25 years.
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TMZ broke the story, the rapper was arrested for drug and gun charges Thursday night, but the D.A. dropped the gun charge when authorities couldn't find a gun.
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A new campaign by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Ad Council, and Droga5 is telling harsh truths about an all too common occurrence in American households: parent has gun in home, child finds gun, child shoots self or playmate with gun.
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Gun ownership rate (2007): 0.6 guns per 100 people Gun homicide rate (20133): 0.1 per 1 million people How gun control works: Japan makes it very hard to buy and own guns, with some of the strongest gun control laws in the world.
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Pro-gun control forces insist on new laws and bans to stop gun violence while their opponents say those new laws and bans will only end up punishing and endangering the law-abiding gun owners or would-be gun owners in this country.
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Cory Booker released a 14-point plan in May to curb gun violence, including a restrictive national gun licensing program, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, limits on bulk gun purchases, and closing various loopholes in gun laws. Sen.
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"We say that it's illegal for a felon to buy a gun at a gun store, but if that felon goes and buys a gun on the black market, they can then go to a gun store and buy the ammunition," he said.
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Decreases in fatal injuries were most strongly correlated with gun-access and gun-use restrictions, such as owner licensing requirements, gun dealer regulations, and local regulations that allow municipalities to pass their own firearms ordinances as an addition to state gun laws.
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A 2018 study found that 63 percent of gun owners supported requiring a person to obtain a license from a local law enforcement agency before buying a gun; support for gun licensing among people who do not own a gun was even higher.
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Given gun control advocates' repeatedly demonstrated combination of unintentionally hilarious firearms ignorance and high-handed zeal for gun design by legislative fiat, it is totally rational for gun owners to anticipate that any viable-seeming smart gun technology will be eventually pushed as a required "safety feature" by anti-gun lawmakers at the state and federal levels.
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The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun-control advocacy group that tracks firearms legislation, gives Nevada a grade of C- on its gun laws -- lower than more restrictive states such as California or Massachusetts but higher than 25 states that scored an F. Studies have linked tighter gun legislation to lower rates of gun violence.
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In most places in the United States, buying a gun is really easy: You can walk into a gun store, pass a background check, and then get your gun.
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Booker's plan centers around implementing a federal licensing program for gun ownership, requiring gun owners to submit fingerprints and pass a gun safety course to legally possess a firearm.
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There is great public support among gun owners and non-gun owners for health care providers to talk about gun safety, an October study published in Health Affairs says.
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RELATED: Obama gun reforms rely on Congress But gun-rights groups say any effort to use today's lack of enforcement to push for new gun measures is a ruse.
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This is the same for gun-violence prevention research: We have to find interventions that will both reduce gun violence and protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
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The National Rifle Association, the nation's biggest gun lobby, was an early proponent of Project Exile as was the gun-control advocacy group Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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Mandating that gun owners store their weapons safely and forcing gun buyers to go through a waiting period are also popular and endorsed by experts who study gun violence.
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After previous mass shootings, applications for new gun permits and gun sales have risen sharply, as gun-owners hear dire warnings that the government is coming to disarm them.
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That's where gun control advocates and gun owners differ — the former think such laws don't go far enough, while gun owners see CAP laws as an invasion of privacy.
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Even under Germany's current gun laws, which require training and a permit to buy a gun, nearly 85033 people considered far-right extremists held gun permits as of 2018.
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The Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence presents a broad sweep approach to reducing gun violence, including policy change, cultural change, and tackling the NRA gun lobby head-on.
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Among Gen Xers ages 28503-22019, 25 percent are gun owners, and 21 percent of gun-owning baby boomers said they also carried a gun on them relatively often.
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There's a question often asked in gun control debates: If gun control works, why do cities and states with strict restrictions on firearms still have so much gun violence?
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With numbers like these, there is zero financial incentive for gun retailers, gun companies and their paid-for political lackeys to take any meaningful steps to curtail gun violence.
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"Let's recognize that the vast majority of gun violence and gun killings in this country are committed by people who broke the law to get the gun," he said.
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Domestic gun sales have fallen significantly after soaring under President Barack Obama, when gun enthusiasts stockpiled weapons and ammunition out of fear that the government would tighten gun laws.
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America is unique in terms of both gun violence and gun ownership: It has way more guns than anyone else, and way more gun deaths than its developed peers.
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" And for some gun owners, the bills constitute what gun rights advocate and Lobby Day speaker Cam Edwards called the "the most anti-gun legislative agenda in [state] history.
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It says the agency should consider allowing gun dealers to sell across state lines, loosen restrictions on gun noise suppressors, and pull back on its scrutiny of gun shops.
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Public gun violence research: A quick history For more than two decades, the agency has been gun-shy on gun research because of its interpretation of the Dickey Amendment.
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The billionaire has clout within the gun control activism community for his founding and funding of Everytown for Gun Safety, which works to pass and promote gun control legislation.
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Gun selling that bypasses the background check system through private transactions is commonly called the gun show loophole — in this case, the gun show just happens to be online.
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Jerry Brown just signed several gun control bills in a state the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence says already had the strongest gun laws in the nation.
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Those who live in gun-owning households give him higher ratings than others: 23.7% in gun households approve of his work on gun policy; it's 17% among all others.
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Premises license holders, however, may only bring the gun outside of their home for limited reasons, which include bringing the gun to seven specific gun ranges to practice shooting.
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The 19503 Gun Control Act gave the ATF authority to regulate federally licensed gun dealers.
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But when California held a gun show, there was no such increase in gun injuries.
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But the underlying idea is to cut levels of gun ownership — and therefore gun violence.
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And, based on the research, those weak gun laws already lead to more gun deaths.
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A man with a gun tattooed on his forehead arrested for unlawfully possessing a gun.
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The US doesn't just have a gun violence problem because of its lax gun regulation.
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One of the most important details of "Crabs" is the Chekhov's gun — Katt Williams' gun?
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" Eric Swalwell: "For Parkland, for Orlando, every community affected by gun violence — ending gun violence.
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Using the words "gun safety" instead of "gun control" is not going to change that.
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Additional gun found and other details: Investigators recovered an additional gun in the shooter's car.
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However, gun-control groups have outspent gun-rights advocates in state elections in recent years.
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This system would, however, put a serious crimp in gun theft, gun crime and gunrunning.
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He says the man exited the vehicle brandishing a paintball gun and a pellet gun.
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People want to be involved with gun control, they can be involved with gun control.
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The next morning, we returned the gun to the police through their gun buyback program.
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Police believe the weapon might have been a pellet gun, BB gun or air rifle.
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As it happens, a lack of a smoking gun may actually be the smoking gun.
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Many Americans do not believe that more gun control will effectively prevent more gun crimes.
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It was not the gun, or the type of gun, he used in the shooting.
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Accidental or unintentional gun deaths accounted for far fewer (489) of the total gun deaths.
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The bottom line is this: Law-abiding gun owners and gun dealers aren't the problem.
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"The type of criminal who will break gun laws, they'll conceal a gun anyway," Rep.
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Sanders did himself no favors with his answers about gun control to curb gun violence.
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Forty percent of the participants are gun owners, and 40% are victims of gun violence.
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They think that everyone having a gun solves gun crime and look what's happening there.
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After those incidents, public opinion turned against gun ownership and Parliament passed stricter gun laws.
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Americans deserve better than lawmakers who are letting gun lobbyists write our nation's gun laws.
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Mia Farrow tweeted "smocking gun" along with a picture of a gun made of lace.
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Clinton's gun control policies are sure to reduce gun violence in America's most dangerous cities.
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That's the only reliable way to reduce incidents of gun violence through gun control quickly.
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Gun No 113 traces the history of the gun, retelling each incident over the years.
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And when someone on iOS 10 sends you a squirt gun, you'll see a gun.
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Obviously, I'm disturbed by the number of gun deaths and gun injuries in this country.
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Gun manufacturers could be sued by victims of gun violence under new legislation from Democrats.
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He attended gun shows, built his gun collection and bought and sold guns on Craigslist.
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Many gun owners seem to think gun control advocates want to take everyone's guns away.
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These are gun-control measures that New York adopted, but that gun-rights advocates denounce.
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Kim also works with Everytown for Gun Safety and actively advocates for gun control legislation.
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Many accidental gun deaths can be avoided, though, if gun owners lock up their firearms.
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"I am vocal about common-sense gun safety and gun laws," she told the publisher.
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Gun ownership has declined over the last decades, and many gun owners' motivations have changed.
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Suicides by gun outnumber homicides by gun in this country by nearly two to one.
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He likens them to "Gun-Free Establishment" signs that infringe on gun owners&apos rights.
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On gun control, President Obama did little to curb the pervasive conflagration of gun violence.
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Schumer's personal history with gun violence has made her an active advocate for gun safety.
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Gun control will not stop anyone who wants to get a gun for illicit purposes.
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Van Dyke had his gun drawn and "put the gun to my temple," Joy alleged.
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They would shy away from championing stronger gun laws or talking about gun violence prevention.
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I am a gun-control advocate with childhood friends who are ardent gun-rights supporters.
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And when Missouri eased gun laws in 2007, gun homicide rates surged by 25 percent.
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I was the father of a gun-murdered child and I had purchased a gun.
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The gun buyback defines a gun not only as merchandise but also as a weapon.
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Mr. Booker's proposed federal gun licensing program would enact a minimum standard for gun ownership.
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In tossup House races, 93 percent of the gun-related ads supported stronger gun laws.
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In one ad, Ms. Ivey fires a gun and winks at two gun-toting men.
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I'm a gun owner, and every gun owner I know wants safe schools and communities.
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Three-quarters of gun owners said they had fired a gun before they were 212.
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Booker pressed for reforming the nation's gun laws, including establishing a national gun license program.
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And corporations taking gun-safety stands have faced a backlash from gun owners and conservatives.
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We encouraged smart gun technology and research on the patterns and effects of gun violence.
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If you're not supposed to have a gun, you're not supposed to have a gun.
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Gun advocates who oppose any type of gun control disagree saying people kill, not guns.
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The portion of the country that demands strict gun control often just sees the gun.
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The rights of potential gun victims, not those of aberrant gun owners, must be paramount.
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Gun laws The Virginia House of Delegates passed a whopping seven gun safety bills yesterday.
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But some gun owners elude this requirement by purchasing firearms online or at gun shows.
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Gun restrictions in countries such as Australia and Great Britain didn't end gun-related crimes.
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Cory Booker: Booker's campaign website includes two proposals to combat gun violence and gun suicides.
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A gun-loving president always makes a less effective boogeyman than a gun-skeptical one.
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From there, I became involved with gun control advocacy, rallying for national gun control organizations.
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Overall, Nevada has generally permissive gun laws and has resisted efforts for tighter gun control.
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Universal background checks aren't hard to pass because gun manufacturers can outspend gun control advocates.
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Then he got out of the car brandishing a paintball gun and a BB gun.
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In the wake of the 473 Sandy Hook massacre, Democrats (and a few Republicans) pushed for a bill that would require background checks for all gun purchases — including those between one private gun owner and another (what gun control advocates call the "gun show loophole").
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McBath, a gun control advocate who previously served as a spokesperson for Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, first came to national attention after her teenage son Jordan Davis was killed in 2012 in an act of racist gun violence.
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In comparison, New Hampshire's gun death rate was 9.9 per 100,000 people, and the top three worst states for gun deaths in the country — Alaska, Alabama, and Louisiana, all of which have loose gun laws — each had more than 277 gun deaths per 22016,2130 people.
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If you go to a gun store and you legally purchase a gun, and then, three days later, if you go out and start killing people, is the point of this lawsuit to hold the gun shop owner or the manufacturer of that gun liable?
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The city offered two ways for would-be concealed gun carriers to get a license: Matthew Grace, a DC gun owner, and the Pink Pistols, a LGBTQ gun club founded by libertarians who support both gun rights and gay rights, sued over the regulations.
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Bruce Rauner passed a gun control law that imposes stiffer penalties on anyone without a gun-owner identification card who brings a gun into the state intending to sell it.
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The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is made up of 48 organizations working in tandem to reduce gun violence in America, from enacting safety measures to preventing gun-related suicides.
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In addition to Parkland student activists, the march is organized and supported by Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization which advocates for gun control and against gun violence.
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"The gun bought by the good citizen and the gun used by the criminal are the same gun," notes Ivan Marques, the director of Instituto Sou da Paz, an NGO.
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I wanted to thank you for your stand against gun violence for not only the victims of gun violence, but those on the verge of being victims of gun violence.
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Some gun-control advocates have suggested banks and companies involved in payments could restrict sales at certain specialized gun dealers tagged as "bad apples" for loose compliance with gun laws.
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The group is also calling for legislation to "eliminate funding for anti-gun states," such as states that have a gun ban or confiscation program, gun registry, or ammunition ban.
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That prediction comes not from gun control advocates but -- believe it or not -- from the firearms industry, gun owners, the National Rifle Association and states that strongly back gun rights.
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Gun-control advocates and victims' rights groups have embraced the case as a way to knock down stalwart gun protections, while gun makers and dealers are watching the case intently.
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Myers wants to introduce a Gun Shop Project in Utah, but patience is necessary in such a conservative, gun-centric state where gun culture is ingrained in many people's minds.
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"All these calls for gun control are only making gun owners snap to attention," said Philip Van Cleave, the leader of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights group.
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Gun owners are much likelier to report having contacted an elected official about the issue or donated to a pro-gun organization than are non-owners who support gun control.
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The plan includes familiar gun control measures as well as novel approaches to scrutinizing the gun lobby and a new role within the administration focused entirely on gun violence prevention.
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Other groups, including the National Association for Gun Rights, Gun Owners of America and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, have also spent millions promoting gun rights, according to the CRP.
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Gun laws vary widely, but more than 40 states allow some form of open-carry, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control advocacy group.
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As titles go, "Jane Got a Gun" has a slangy punch, but the fact is that, when Jane got a gun, she wasn't no good with the gun she got.
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The company soon discovered it had legally sold a gun to Mr. Cruz in November, though it was not the gun or type of gun used in the school shooting.
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The increased interest in bump stocks echoed the spike in gun sales that often follows a high-profile mass shooting, as gun owners become concerned about stiffer gun control laws.
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Gun control has long suffered from an intensity gap: Opponents of stricter gun laws are willing to vote based on that one issue, while supporters of gun control usually aren't.
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This is often mischaracterized as the "gun show loophole," under the assumption that people can simply go to a gun show and buy a gun without getting a background check.
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America is unique not just in terms of gun violence but in terms of gun ownership — the country has by far the highest rates of gun ownership in the world.
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He then pulls out a gun, but surprise — Elizabeth shows up, gun drawn to protect Rosalee.
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A common critique of gun laws is that they supposedly don't work to reduce gun crime.
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Tightening gun laws would mark a change in course for Trump, who has championed gun rights.
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It's like going from a gun that shoots six bullets to a semi-automatic machine gun.
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"If you can own a gun, you should be allowed to make a gun," he argues.
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ElecForU Carrying Case Massage Gun ($99.99) – This massage gun comes with six heads for targeted relief.
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Instead, it could very well be talk about gun policy, or in some cases, gun control.
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The singer's nickname Thompson recalls the U.S.-made submachine gun better known as the "Tommy gun".
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The easy access to guns, despite Chicago's relatively tough gun laws, leads to more gun deaths.
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On her Facebook page, Christy Sheats openly opposed gun control, but Taylor was pro gun control.
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Party identification is now a stronger signal of attitudes towards gun control than owning a gun.
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The states with the most restrictive gun laws have the lowest gun death rates (including suicides).
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Overall, Democrats are more positive on gun control, while republicans are more supportive of gun ownership.
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As you know, Gabby and I are both gun owners, we take gun ownership very seriously.
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It's allowed gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association to kill any meaningful gun control reform.
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Gun violence continues to plague America to the tune of 30,000 gun-related deaths per year.
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Their sales have benefited in the past from fears among gun owners of increased gun control.
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The bill has been criticized by gun control advocates, who say it could increase gun violence.
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Clayton, who keeps a gun in his home, says that every gun owner has a responsibility.
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According to a poll from the nonprofit gun safety group Everytown for Gun Safety released Tuesday.
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Wednesday's session will focus on gun regulations, mental health and causes of gun violence, he said.
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But some gun dealers who sell firearms online or at gun shows get around these requirements.
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All of this is worth far more than lectures about gun control or "smart gun" technology.
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But when do you approach someone with a gun, where it's legal to have that gun?
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S.' They say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
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After the collision, the driver exited the truck with a pellet gun and a paintball gun.
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Those numbers run directly counter to the reasons gun owners give for owning a gun, however.
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Why can gun-show customers evade the federal background checks that other gun buyers must undergo?
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"So now we have, 'If you like your gun, you can keep your gun,' " Pratt said.
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Despite some restrictions on gun control research, scientists have evaluated how certain policies affect gun deaths.
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Its sales have benefited in the past from fears among gun owners of increased gun control.
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These sort of private sales frequently happen at gun shows or online, gun control advocates say.
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Reformers too often equate combating the mammoth problem of American gun violence with strengthening gun regulations.
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Yes, the perpetrator used a gun, but he was stopped by a man with a gun.
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There are more gun clubs and gun shops in the United States than there are McDonald's.
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Other gun groups, meanwhile, have threatened a wave of lawsuits seeking similar exemptions for gun dealers.
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But it is a middle ground for gun-rights supporters and gun-control activists to meet.
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And Ms. Knoop worked with Gun Sense Vermont, which advocates tighter gun laws in the state.
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Well, because of where their pleas for greater gun control might lead: to greater gun control.
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I know that gun manufacturers do not want their profit margins affected by gun control laws.
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" (The words "A Novel" appear on the cover.) 2: "Are you pro-gun or anti-gun?
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Q. Gun owners have always been involved in the gun violence prevention movement in some capacity.
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It's possible to have strong gun laws while also respecting the rights of responsible gun owners.
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As polls suggest, most gun owners take a far more reasonable stance than the gun lobby.
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The government adopted tighter gun control, banned semiautomatic weapons and started a mandatory gun buyback program.
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The Virginia state legislature has put forth gun-reform legislation that has worried gun-rights advocates.
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But either way, sensible regulation of gun sales will still be sensible regulation of gun sales.
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Pro-gun critics warned that the sporting goods giant would face a boycott from gun enthusiasts.
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Proponents of gun control argue that common sense calls for tougher laws to stop gun violence.
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"The Top Gun course, while challenging, is rewarding," another Top Gun instructor told the US Navy.
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Gun control: He's called for a stronger system of background checks but no new gun restrictions.
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Gabby Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence organization and the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund.
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" He added, in an email, "Saying it isn't gun control doesn't mean it isn't gun control.
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People think gun laws are safe under President Donald Trump, and that's hurting the gun business.
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Monahan said it appeared that gun was not fired, but Mulkeen's gun was fired five times.
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Businesses with ties to the gun-rights group have also been scrutinized, as have gun sellers.
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From proceeds raised, One Gun Gone offers a gun buyback program and makes art from them.
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"I didn't buy a gun, I built the gun," he said in the recorded phone call.
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Stopping or significantly reducing gun violence in America has little to do with new gun laws.
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"I used a gun for the same reason that Brenton Tarrant used a gun," he writes.
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Founder and primary financier of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for stricter gun control legislation.
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Other researchers pointed to related questions like: What percentage of gun owners even commit gun crimes?
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But the commission otherwise stayed silent on the question of gun control or gun safety measures.
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I began to think more about the responsibilities of gun owners rather than gun owners' rights.
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Gun ownership rate (2007): 20123 guns per 100 people Gun homicide rate (2012): 29.7 per 1 million people How gun control works: There are several barriers to buying a gun in America, but there are generally so many loopholes in the current laws — even fairly restrictive city and state laws — that most people can buy a gun without too much of a problem.
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The former secretary of state has never called for the abolition of gun rights, but has called for additional gun regulations and safety checks to reduce the number of deadly gun shootings in the US. Trump has vowed not to further restrict gun purchases in the US and earned the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, the pro-gun lobby.
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Reframing the approach to gun ownership I believe it's time to reframe the approach to gun ownership from opt out (everyone who wants a gun can get one unless we can prove they should not have one) to opt in (everyone who wants a gun must demonstrate, on an ongoing basis, that they are capable and willing to responsibly manage gun ownership).
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Some gun control experts have said something much more dramatic would be needed to get at the root of the gun violence problem, a gun confiscation program or something like that.
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Or we can agree that the only way to prevent gun violence and gun deaths is to regulate guns; sacrificing the illusion that a gun equals freedom is probably worth it.
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"The gun control lobby and anti-gun politicians are intentionally politicizing the Violence Against Women Act as a smokescreen to push their gun-control agenda," NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker told NPR.
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Gun control At a CNN Town Hall in April, Castro mentioned three methods of gun control he supports: limiting the capacity of weapons, universal background checks and a gun buyback program.
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The 21-year-old is being credited for potentially saving lives as he ran down the hallway screaming "gun, gun, gun," and "everybody get out," the councilman said in an interview.
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Researchers have found ample evidence that widespread gun ownership is directly linked to America's unique gun violence problem: States with more guns, in particular, tend to have more gun-related deaths.
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She also said she stands with gun owners who want America to adopt sensible gun laws; it was those who oppose gun reform that she was speaking to at Saturday's march.
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Bruce Rauner recently signed a new gun control that imposes stiffer penalties on anyone without a gun-owner identification card who brings a gun into the state intending to sell it.
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This is a nonpolitical issue where gun owners and non-gun owners alike can come together and play a role in reducing the number of innocent lives lost to gun violence.
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The police would have had to get the gun out of evidence, fire the gun, plant the bullet on the day of the investigation, and return the gun to the locker.
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Gun manufacturers were betting that a Hillary Clinton victory would lead to a surge in gun sales, as often is the case when pro-gun control candidates win high-profile elections.
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"You can say people are pro-gun, and none of these measures would take anyone's gun away, but I don't think anybody can be pro-gun violence," the veteran journalist says.
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Like other polls, the new Pew survey claims 70 percent of gun owners and 88 percent of non-gun owners who support background checks for private sales and at gun shows.
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" Later Monday morningBradford didn't necessarily brandish a gun Hoover police issued another clarification, saying Bradford simply had a gun in his hand: "Earlier, we stated that Mr. Bradford 'brandished' a gun.
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After removing bills that didn't directly deal with domestic gun access, we used summaries and text to classify as either gun control, gun rights, or a mix of the two ideologies.
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Consider this first chart: About 21 percent of gun owners have contacted a public official to express an opinion on gun policy, compared to just 12 percent of non-gun owners.
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O'Rourke also discussed his visit to an Arkansas gun show earlier this month at a campaign stop, where he talked with gun sellers and firearm owners about possible gun control solutions.
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As a liberal city, Chicago has strict gun-control policies, so some gun-rights advocates point to the city's crime rate in an effort to prove that gun control is ineffective.
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The words "gun control" were never mentioned in the ads, but the organization that paid for them — Everytown for Gun Safety — has been highly visible in battling for stricter gun measures.
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The former mayor of New York, 77, has made gun control a signature issue in recent years, and founded Everytown for Gun Safety, one of the biggest anti-gun violence organizations.
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But while the researchers confirmed that states with tougher gun laws have lower gun-related death rates, the study did not explain whether gun laws were the reason for the difference.
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The group has identified several issues it views as key to limiting gun violence, including closing loopholes around background checks and limiting illegal gun trafficking from states with weaker gun laws.
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Opinion: America's unyielding plague of gun violence Most American gun owners (two-thirds) say a major reason they own a gun is for their personal protection, according to the Pew study.
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That attack prompted widespread calls for tighter gun restrictions, as well as increased scrutiny of the NRA, the powerful gun rights group that has vehemently lobbied against new gun control measures.
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According to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization that advocates for gun control and against gun violence, about 100 people are killed by guns every day, with hundreds more injured.
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One of the groups that will try to mobilize gun control voters is Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of the Michael Bloomberg-backed Everytown for Gun Safety.
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The former mayor of New York, 77, has made gun control a signature issue in recent years, and founded Everytown for Gun Safety, one of the biggest anti-gun violence organizations.
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Gun control advocates have called for nationwide background checks on gun buyers, a 21-year-old minimum age for gun ownership and a ban on the sale of assault-style rifles.
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This is often mischaracterized as the gun show sale loophole, under the assumption that people can simply go to a gun show and buy a gun without getting a background check.
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The initiative also allowed prosecutors to charge gun owners with crimes if the gun was stored improperly and someone unable to legally own a gun used it to commit a crime.
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Up against the NRA's deep pockets and decades-long head start, massive gun control advocacy groups like Brady, Giffords, and the Everytown for Gun Safety have largely focused on pushing for state-level gun control legislation while trying to shut down gun advocates' bills in Congress.
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As the debate over gun control rages on, analysts at WalletHub tabulated the economic impact of the gun industry on each of the states and Washington, D.C. WalletHub focused on three key facets: presence of the firearm industry, gun prevalence in the state and gun politics.
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Other notable organizations: Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America States United to Prevent Gun Violence If you're looking for an alternative to donating money, contact your state representatives and members of Congress to show your support for gun control.
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"After Parkland, President Trump said he'd support common-sense gun safety laws, but instead, his administration has simply recycled tired gun lobby rhetoric in attempt to juice slumping gun sales," Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said in a statement.
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Consider this first chart: About 21 percent of gun owners have ever contacted a public official to express an opinion on gun policy, compared to just 43 percent of non-gun owners.
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Gun ownership in the US has been in decline since the mid-'90s, but 2014 marked a 40-year low in gun ownership, with only 31 percent of homes owning a gun.
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The survey of 3,683 U.S. adults, including 1,269 gun owners, in March and April, provided a snapshot of American views on guns and gun policies as the nation grapples with gun violence.
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Radie, who said she does not have strong feelings about gun rights, now wants to see legislative action and changes to gun laws "right away," including more thorough vetting of gun buyers.
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Booker also proposed repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which would allow victims of gun violence to sue gun dealers and gun manufacturers for the misuse of their products.
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In short, a provision in the 1968 Gun Control Act designed to allow private gun owners to sell their property has been stretched and abused to create a thriving unregulated gun trade.
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Elliot Fineman is founder and CEO of National Gun Victims Action Council, a nonprofit network of 14 million gun victims, survivors and others in the community who advocate for better gun laws.
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Emanuel and Democratic leaders across the state of Illinois sought to decrease gun violence with stronger gun laws, catapulting Illinois&apos gun regulations to be placed among the strictest in the nation.
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On Friday — National Gun Violence Awareness Day — Sedgwick will join with others around the country in wearing orange to honor those killed by gun violence and to focus on gun safety efforts.
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They oppose any form of gun control, saying criminals will find ways around gun laws, which only strip lawful gun owners of the right to self-defense and protection against state tyranny.
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Brady: United Against Gun Violence, a pro-gun safety group, endorsed Biden for President Sunday, while the Newtown Action Alliance, Moms Demand Action, and Everytown for Gun Safety backed him on Monday.
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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that states with the weakest gun laws and highest rates of gun ownership invariably have the highest rates of overall gun mortality.
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In addition to the insurance requirement, Liccardo proposed a gun and ammunition sales tax to fund gun safety classes, violence prevention programs, and additional victim assistance services for survivors of gun violence.
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Florida ranked 25th in 2016 for gun deaths per capita, but it got an F grade from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in 2016 for its relatively relaxed gun laws.
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Washington (CNN)Everytown for Gun Safety announced Wednesday that it is pouring $20193 million into Texas to elect "gun sense" candidates, the gun-control group's largest election effort ever in the state.
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According to the National Safety Council, accidental and preventable gun deaths make up 1% of overall gun-related deaths in the US. In 2017, there were 486 accidental or preventable gun deaths.
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We should require there to be a serial number on every gun made and on every gun that is sold, and we should require background checks on every gun sale or transfer.
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Why the gun debate stalled Part of the problem for lawmakers to address gun violence is that President Donald Trump hasn't made clear which of the leading gun measures he will support.
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Since then, anti-gun violence advocates have stepped up demands for new gun control laws, calling for prohibitions on assault-style weapons and stronger background checks for gun buyers, among other measures.
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Under federal law, "nonimmigrant aliens" —people on student visas, short-term business visas, or tourist visas — can't buy a gun, borrow a gun, or even use a gun at a shooting range.
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Mr. Bolsonaro's promise to loosen gun regulations has driven more Brazilians to sign up for shooting practice at gun ranges and boosted the stock price of Taurus Armas, Brazil's main gun manufacturer.
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These two problems are linked; the research has consistently shown that where there are more guns, there are more gun deaths — and that gun control measures reduce the number of gun deaths.
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Students leading the march want legislators to raise the federal age to buy a gun to 21, close background-check loopholes for gun show and online gun sales, and ban assault weapons.
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This is often mischaracterized as the gun show sale loophole, under the assumption that people can simply go to a gun show and buy a gun without going through a background check.
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"Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane," the gun lobby tweeted.
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She&aposs known for her pro-gun activism and founded a Russian gun rights group in Moscow.
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In fact, the empirical evidence suggests that higher levels of gun ownership lead to more gun violence.
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My conclusion: Gun control likely saves lives, even if it won't and can't prevent all gun deaths.
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Tests showed each man had recently fired a gun or handled a recently fired gun, prosecutors said.
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Leading gun control advocates such as Everytown for Gun Safety and the Brady Campaign applauded the ruling.
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His Mother, Lorna, Gifted Him A Gun Ted kept a gun in a safe in his studio.
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Abt's policies could also work alongside stricter gun laws, which could help address the remaining gun deaths.
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That same year, the UK endured 22014 gun deaths total — or 22000 gun deaths per million people.
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The standard armament of the LAV III is a 105mm gun, an armor-piercing anti-tank gun.
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Germany had fewer than 100 gun murders in 2016 but suffered from around 1,000 gun-related suicides.
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The court's decision to stay out has emboldened gun control activists and infuriated some gun rights supporters.
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Jason Crow, a gun-control supporter whose congressional district includes STEM, said the gun violence cannot continue.
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Trump's correlation between gun regulation effectiveness and Chicago's gun violence is egregiously misleading, making his claim false.
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So "don't freak out about gun crime" makes sense; "do freak out about gun crime" makes sense.
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Why not pour resources into creating an accessory that could turn any gun into a smart gun?
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It could, presumably, be used by someone who wasn't the gun owner to make the gun fire.
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For the duration of a gun attack is always dictated by the arrival of a second gun.
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Gun control has generally not been a big -- pro-gun control -- a big voting issue in elections.
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Because the deeply anti-gun Jane Sloan's (Katie Steven's) newest desk accessory used to be a gun.
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Canada's debate over gun ownership is intensifying, with medical professionals staging protests calling for stricter gun laws.
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This week, President Barack Obama announced executive gun control measures aimed at reducing gun violence in America.
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For too long in this debate about gun violence, responsible gun owners' voices haven't truly been heard.
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Connecticut's state gun laws, among the strictest in the country, prohibit possessing a gun on school property.
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The only "good" journalism is journalism that is inherently pro-gun, pro-gun owner, and Anti-Establishment.
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His positions on gun legislation have been criticized by gun lobby groups, including the National Rifle Association.
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Many state-level gun regulations have little effect on the number of gun-related homicides and suicides.
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While gun laws vary widely by state, most federal gun control measures would require Congress to act.
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The 30-second spot foscuses on Clinton's positions on stopping gun violence and tightening gun control laws.
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The gun control issue on both sides of the argument revolves around one core issue: gun violence.
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The hunting gun industry has been experiencing steep swings in sales amid uncertainty around gun law changes.
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I joined other gun violence survivors on Capitol Hill asking senators to vote for stronger gun laws.
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" Asked about gun laws, the president said, "we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by.
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Beyond gun safes are high-tech gun vaults that encase the trigger and magazine of a rifle.
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The Nerf gun is outfitted with a Wii controller for aiming while the trigger shoots Orisa's gun.
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The demonstration is also intended to protest Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a nonprofit gun rights advocacy group.
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The context of such debates has changed, in part as gun technology and gun use have changed.
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The Nerf gun is then connected to an Arduino-like microcontroller that activates the gun on demand.
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Gun violence is relatively rare in Switzerland, where voters this month agreed to adopt stricter gun control.
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Clinton was more wary of the gun lobby and talked fondly of the gun culture's sporting traditions.
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The fact that there is a correlation between gun POSSESSION and gun death should surprise no one.
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They still do… they've gotten gun legislation passed before in their favor, in favor of gun manufacturers.
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One of them is gun violence — after all, in 2017, gun violence claimed nearly 40,85033 American lives .
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Gun control Democrats are pushing new gun control legislation following a string of mass shootings in 2015.
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The actions include expanding background checks on certain gun sales and increased enforcement of existing gun laws.
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Studies have also found a link between more gun purchases and higher rates of accidental gun deaths.
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Supporters of gun control said the national situation was more nuanced than the gun activists' jubilation suggested.
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Imagine if every gun owner needed to put in this amount of time to learn gun safety.
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The decision was celebrated by gun advocates, but continues to be condemned nationwide by gun-control proponents.
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"It was not the gun nor type of gun that he used in the shooting," Stacks said.
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Cory Booker, who recently put forward his plan on gun violence, including calling for federal gun licenses.
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We hear about all these shootings, and people chalk it up as pro-gun or anti-gun.
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Hawaii is a clear exception, coming in 10th for gun ownership, but last for gun death rates.
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There's been no call for an Australia-style gun roundup, nor a national registry of gun owners.
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Under existing gun laws, a standard A-category gun license allows semi-automatics limited to seven shots.
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In a different area, gun buybacks are enormously popular but don't do much to reduce gun violence.
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The largess included donations to 22 state races from his gun-control group, Everytown for Gun Safety.
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But doomsday preppers and gun enthusiasts aren't the only ones buying the nation's gun and ammo inventory.
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Mr. Goodale acknowledged that the changes are likely to dissatisfy some gun owners and gun-control advocates.
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I know too we can stand up to the gun lobby and get commonsense gun safety measures.
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Heavy alcohol consumption is also strongly linked with gun suicide and becoming a victim of gun violence.
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Gun-rights advocates also make the grandiose claim that gun ownership is a deterrent against tyrannical governments.
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One of the most basic rules of gun safety is to always assume a gun is loaded.
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Regular mass shootings answer the gun question easily enough (even if not persuasively to most gun owners).
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In late September, I went to a gun range with my brother, who is a gun enthusiast.
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The crackdown on gun sales comes amid a renewed national debate over gun laws following a Feb.
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Everytown collects and distributes gun violence research, advocates for policies, and funds candidates fighting against gun violence.
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Student activists from the school publicly associated the pro-gun group with lawmaker inaction on gun control.
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Knightley said when she asked Gun if she would do it again, Gun simply replied, "Yes, absolutely."
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He founded Everytown for Gun Safety and his campaign released a sweeping gun-control plan in December.
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Inert politicians, of course, remain far more sensitive to the gun lobby than to routine gun mayhem.
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Warren's gun control proposal includes a ban on gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime.
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Many Republicans and the powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, oppose further restrictions on gun ownership.
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Support for gun control may momentarily rise Support for gun control measures sometimes rises after mass shootings.
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"It was not the gun, nor the type of gun, he used in the shooting," Stack said.
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" "I'll tell you what, Nancy Pelosi is not interested in guns and gun protection and gun safety.
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Gun control, on the other hand, has been shown to be effective in combating gun violence worldwide.
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And the gun lobby is going to tell us the solution to gun violence is more guns?
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It supports stricter gun laws, background checks on all gun purchases and a ban on assault weapons.
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"Too often we do not pay attention to the gun homicides, gun suicides, unintentional shootings," she says.
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Overall, gun deaths have come down considerably over the last 20 years, while gun ownership has soared.
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"How does the gun industry benefit?" said Flasterstein, consulting counsel for Florida Carry, which supports gun rights.
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The possibilities for protecting children with smart-gun barriers are clear in the gun data for 2014.
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Together, we will end the greed of the gun industry and pass life-saving gun safety legislation.
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He had the gun and he pointed the gun at my head when he was attacking us.
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Suspects aren't charged for the majority of gun homicides, according to a local gun crime data compiler.
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The decision immediately drew the ire of the gun lobby and generated confusion among gun store owners.
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The latest Gallup poll on gun legislation suggested 55 percent of Americans supported stricter gun control laws.
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Gun rights and gun regulation groups both regularly note this fact — though they draw very different conclusions.
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VICE: Despite his spotty track record on the gun issue, gun rights proponents are bullish on Gorsuch.
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Gun buyers who value the freedom to walk into a gun store and walk out with a brand new non-smart-gun have therefore correctly concluded that the best way to preserve that freedom is to torpedo any smart gun tech before it gets out of the gate.
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It is a sign of where the gun debate is in this country at the moment that even the Manchin-Toomey gun bill of 2013, the most ambitious proposal for tightening federal gun laws in recent years, would have been powerless to block Mr. Mateen's purchase of a gun.
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"There's no appetite by some of the legislative leadership to bring gun bills forward unless the gun-violence prevention advocates make it so difficult for them they can't ignore it," said Kemp, himself a gun owner who, along with Yuille, helped found the group Gun Owners for Responsible Ownership.
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The study found that "gun owners are more politically engaged on gun issues than other Americans," and noted that a larger share of gun owners said they had contributed money to organizations that take positions on gun policy (28 percent) than people who do not own guns (10 percent).
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"Someone has to stand up and tell gun companies that making a gun that can be so easily modified into a machine gun is not okay," Ann-Marie Parsons said in a statement.
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Natalie Portman may play a gun-slinging cowgirl in her latest film, Jane Got a Gun, but in real life, she is a strong advocate for tighter gun laws in the United States.
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Current rules on background checks apply only to licensed gun-dealers, but up to 22% of gun sales take place at gun fairs or over the internet, which do not require such checks.
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Continuing her fight for gun reform, Amy Schumer called out politicians and gun owners who dispute the current gun control movement at the Los Angeles March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 24.
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The case was a blow for gun rights advocates, and sets up the fight on gun rights for the Supreme Court to consider, says UCLA law professor and gun law expert Adam Winkler.
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Read these stories next: After Parkland Shooting, Florida Governor Signs Sweeping Gun Safety Bill Meet One Of The Teen Activists Leading The Gun Control Movement These Retailers Change Their Gun Policies After Parkland
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Florida, one of the most gun-loving states in America, raised the gun-buying age from 18 to 21 and imposed a three-day waiting period for anyone wanting to buy a gun.
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Gun makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger rose about 1113 percent on expectations of higher gun sales due to fears of potential gun control policies following the killing of five Dallas police officers.
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Whether it's higher levels of gun ownership or opposition to stricter gun laws, white Americans generally tend to be more pro-gun than not, especially in comparison to other racial and ethnic groups.
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He led the effort against a vociferous gun lobby and resistant state governments to push through a federal gun amnesty, in which the government compensated gun owners for the weapons they turned in.
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Try to make it as hard as possible for people to own a gun, because you only want people who are willing to work hard to own a gun, to own a gun.
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Campaigning for gun control measures, Niermann has pointed out that he once had a gun brought into his classroom and that two of his students were killed as a result of gun violence.
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It'll also be surfacing content related to the protest and gun violence prevention, all in partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy organization working to end gun violence and build safer communities.
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But gun control advocates say he — or anyone else — can still exploit loopholes the nation's gun laws to purchase a firearm at a gun show or online without going through a background check.
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Gun Violence Archive, a nonpartisan clearinghouse of gun-violence statistics online, calculated 4,626 incidents of reported and verified defensive gun use over the past three years, resulting in 1,657 deaths and 2,495 injuries.
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Greg Abbott (R) — who's now hosting discussions about how to address gun violence — will walk back some of his previous ardent support for gun rights and pass some sort of gun control legislation.
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The fact that I can go to a gun show and buy a gun or go to CraigsList and buy a gun without a background check—the fix can only do so much.
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Consider this chart, also from Pew: About 21 percent of gun owners have contacted a public official to express an opinion on gun policy, compared to just 12 percent of non-gun owners.
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Stories about the use of guns in self-defense — a good guy with a gun dispensing with a bad guy with a gun — are legion among gun enthusiasts and conservative talk radio hosts.
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And in order to do that, he's going to need to build a lot of trust with gun owners, and there's so many gun owners out there who want common sense gun laws.
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Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which is affiliated with the nonprofit pro-gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety, denounced the congresswoman's words on Tuesday.
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"It's pretty clear to me that President Trump has officially caved to the anti-gun media when it comes to gun control," said Dudley Brown, president of the National Association for Gun Rights.
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"Like all other jurisdictions across Australia, Western Australia's gun laws have also been eroded as pro-gun lobby groups continue to place pressure on governments," said Sam Lee, chairman of Gun Control Australia.
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Ms. Stefani said the N.R.A. conspires to limit gun violence research, restrict gun violence data sharing and block every piece of sensible gun violence prevention legislation proposed at local, state and federal levels.
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In the crowd were members of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America, the grassroots movement that's part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun control advocacy group in the country.
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Gun control advocates argue that the politics of the gun debate have shifted in Colorado and the state is more willing to support stricter gun laws after enduring tragedies like Columbine and Aurora.
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Shannon Watts, the founder of gun control group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, said that her group is happy to embrace Sanders if he takes a more vocal stance on gun control.
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Police said Bradford also had a gun on him, but his parents called their son, a licensed gun owner, a "good guy with a gun" who was likely trying to protect the victims.
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Gun ownership rate for England and Wales (2007): 6.2 guns per 100 people Gun homicide rate for England and Wales (2012): 0.7 per 1 million people How gun control works: The United Kingdom maintains some of the strictest gun laws in the West and the world, which helps explain why it also has some of the lowest levels of gun homicide among developed nations.
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This massive increase in gun sales, particularly since 2009, did not represent new consumers entering the gun market.
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However, another auction listing purporting to be selling the same gun has appeared on United Gun Group Auction.
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Such checks are the best proxy for data on gun sales, which gun manufacturers do not publicly release.
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California has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, including a comprehensive set of regulations on gun shows.
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It is the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, not the the Law Center for Gun Violence Prevention.
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A lot of people feel that there won't be new gun legislation and gun legislation really drives things.
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"Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane," the gun lobbying group tweeted.
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" Clark allegedly "pointed the gun at Stevens' head at close range," and "Stevens grabbed at Clark's gun hand.
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Yet some gun-control advocates see steady movement towards uniform gun laws through actions at the state level.
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Someone went and created a real gun based on the fake gun used in Nintendo's Duck Hunt game.
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The countries he occupied had prewar gun registration lists, which the Nazis used to ferret out gun owners.
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Dressed in a robe and carrying a gun, she approached him and pointed the gun at the president.
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The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
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They also require background checks or proof that the buyer has a gun permit for private gun sales.
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Why is it invoked when questions of gun ownership and gun control are raised in the United States?
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"That particular gun, [the right] will fight to the death for that gun to keep it," Lonnie said.
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About 22010% of gun murders and gun assaults are solved by the next day, according to our analysis.
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" A February 2018 debate over gun control became "Tucker FILLS Liberal Kike with LEAD for Demanding Gun Control.
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But it's absolutely true that New York's gun restrictions are significantly weakened by other states' loose gun laws.
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Some gun advocates fear that by then the political will in Congress for gun legislation will have evaporated.
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Scott didn't own a gun or habitually carry a gun, the family has told their attorneys, Bamberg said.
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Perhaps more importantly, believers in gun rights contact their political representatives more frequently than gun control advocates do.
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We call BS. They say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
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The BB gun shown here -- an Umarex 40xp -- is the type of BB gun police say King carried.
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Moreover, gun violence was declining in many other rich countries, few of which had adopted stricter gun laws.
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But anything that makes it easier to obtain a gun, the research suggests, will likely worsen gun violence.
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The gun lobby should embrace a security measure that actually protects gun rights rather than interferes with it.
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Can you blame law-abiding gun owners for their trepidation every time the President speaks about gun control?
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The National School Walkout is a student-led protest against gun violence and policies that enable gun violence.
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"It's clear that gun issues are no longer abstract," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
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Gun news outlet The Trace called it the "most authoritative assessment of American gun ownership in 20 years."
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Gun regulation advocates regularly call on the state of Illinois to increase the restrictiveness of its gun laws.
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He told cops the bullets were his dad's and the gun was real ... it was a BB gun.
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Lawmakers who oppose gun control often tout the city as an example for why gun control doesn't work.
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That said, as a gun owner, there's some acknowledgment that they are still fighting for people's gun rights.
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Gun sales are expected to soar, as they have each time Mr Obama has spoken of gun restrictions.
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White men are particularly likely to be gun owners, especially in rural, pro-gun areas like southern Missouri.
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"God, I look good with a gun," Diane, to Kurt while she fires a gun in his workshop.
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Similar spikes in gun sales followed tragedies in Orlando and San Bernardino, and stock in gun companies surged.
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Aziz and Naz are being represented by the litigation team from gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.
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"As a gun owner, I support gun ownership," McGraw said in a statement in response to the criticism.
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His past efforts to crack down on gun violence stoked fear among gun owners, leading to high sales.
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"To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun," he said.
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What if we dedicated resources to our best scientists to rigorously study gun safety and gun violence prevention?
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The attack has reignited the gun debate in the United States, with Democrats renewing calls for gun control.
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But while there's roughly one gun for every person in the country, gun ownership is hardly evenly distributed.
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At the end of September, the gun manufacturer's shareholders will vote on a resolution to limit gun violence.
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The irony is that the desire to prevent gun tragedies by introducing gun legislation leads to more tragedies.
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Another officer, Randall Kerrick, fired his gun, believing that Mr. Ferrell was trying to take the gun away.
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He would not have used that gun unless it had been fixed because he was so 'gun safety.
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A breakdown of gun terminology to help you in discussions on mass shootings and debates over gun control
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Research shows that gun violence rates increase over time when laws regulating concealed gun carrying are substantially weakened.
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Gun rights supporters have long argued that government agencies use studies to advance gun control, something researchers deny.
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Yang wants to create uniform federal safety standards and incentivize gun manufacturers to innovate new gun safety technology.
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Students are protesting gun violence and demanding that lawmakers pass new gun laws to make their schools safer.
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Esty also won the endorsement of the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, a gay gun control organization.
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But imagine giving a gun to someone who had no idea and has never handled a gun before.
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And of course, all gun control groups need funding to take on the gun lobbying and the NRA.
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Defense Distributed isn't going to destroy gun control, and it's certainly not going to decimate the gun industry.
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The rise of "gun carry" as a mass phenomenon has changed the way gun owners think about themselves.
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The police claimed that he was holding a gun, and that a gun was recovered from the scene.
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It's a smoking gun, but killers sometimes even leave a smoking gun at the scene of a crime.
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Again, the gun-rights lobby warned against speaking now, of all times, of the case for gun control.
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It is a common-sense gun-safety policy that most Americans and most gun owners have long supported.
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Who is most likely to use a gun in a crime, and where does the gun come from?
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The agents are working with local cops to track down gun trafficking rings and solve gun murder cases.
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Nor is it remotely true, as gun advocates contend, that gun bans necessarily result in increased murder rates.
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The government needs to make stricter gun laws to prevent dangerous people getting their hands on a gun.
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Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro urged lawmakers to pass gun legislation he said even most gun owners support.
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We knew that other countries could stem mass killings, homicides and suicides with gun control and gun buybacks.
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The second-highest gun homicide rate, in Switzerland, was still seven times less likely to experience gun homicides.
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But that's a highly dubious assumption, given how readily gun advocates will admit they ignore gun-free signs.
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I don't own a gun, but many of our volunteers are gun owners or they're married to them.
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So chances are a good guy with a gun will not stop a bad guy with a gun.
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We've found that many gun owners are frustrated that the gun lobby claims to be speaking for them.
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A new wave of student activism for gun control there is clashing with bedrock support for gun rights.
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So when you have a gun and somebody is firing a gun, then liability is a big reach.
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Finally, the article mischaracterized the March for Our Lives, which was against gun violence, not gun control. OpinionS.
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The ratio of gun-control to gun-rights ads this year also favors the control side much more.
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Those in gun-owning households are more likely than Republicans to favor stricter gun laws -- 48% say so.
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Defense lawyers say that could include, for instance, a minor charged with gun possession, but not gun use.
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Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, is helping the students plan and coordinate the event.
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Much of that money flowed through a gun control advocacy group, Everytown For Gun Safety, funded by Bloomberg.
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That's because gun makers can sell more firearms if many gun sales are done with no background check.
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Limit buyers in most cases to one or two gun purchases a month, to reduce gun trafficking. 10.
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McMillon stressed that he is a gun owner, implying that he understands the needs of gun rights advocates.
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Dan Patrick, a staunch proponent of gun rights, called on Friday for background checks on private gun sales.
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The money raised from the tax would fund gun violence research and prevention, while reinforcing existing gun laws.
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We're changing America's deadly gun culture and, by rewriting our nation's gun laws, changing the course of history.
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The gun control group Bloomberg backs, Everytown for Gun Safety, spent $2.5 million in Virginia's elections this year.
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Since the shooting, students have become vocal advocates for gun control, demanding lawmakers take action against gun violence.
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But upon closer inspection, what they thought was a gun was really a gun-shaped toilet paper holder.
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It's time for us as a country to stop letting gun lobbyists to write our nation's gun laws.
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Unfortunately, the gun industry and lobby have been a major cause of suicide because of unsafe gun storage.
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The most recent Quinnipiac poll shows gun owners support stricter gun laws by a 50-44 percent margin.
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The Trace is nonpartisan and started with funding from the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.
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The investigation into the gun sale highlights one of the loopholes in the patchwork of federal gun laws.
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"Trump is taking steps toward banning gun bump stocks and strengthening background checks for gun purchasers," it says.
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Immigration and gun policy follow, with 15% calling immigration most important to their vote and 7593% gun policy.
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In a tweet, gun law advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety said Johnson's death was "another senseless tragedy."
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A majority of people who live in gun-owning households, 28503 percent, favor stricter gun laws, pollsters found.
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With guns, the research shows that America's unusually high levels of gun ownership lead to more gun violence.
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In terms of unintentional gun deaths, both younger and older children commonly died while playing with a gun.
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Other states impose liability on the gun owner only if a child actually accesses or uses the gun.
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Anyway, there were fewer new gun customers, which was of course a major threat to the gun industry.
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And gun control measures are truly followed with a reduction in gun deaths, suggesting that they save lives.
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But he did find one telling correlation: States with tighter gun control laws have fewer gun-related deaths.
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