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Gun laws sparked due to the shooting in Connecticut. Many mass shootings have happened, yet the second amendment does allow us to bear arms. This site gives charts and examples on how many firearms were owned in a year and the number of homicides for a very controversial topic.

Why do mass shootings occur more frequently in the United States than other major democracies? This Backgrounder examines select countries. It is shown that the possession and use of violence with a gun is more common in the US rather than in most other countries.

A person is much, much more likely to be killed by a gun in the United States than in any of these other countries, and it isn't remotely close. The gun homicide rate in the United States was more than 25 times higher than in other high-income countries, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medicine that examined death rates per 100,000 people.

I do agree with the fact that people in america are more likely to be killed due to gun violence. But i think it is because our country is more privileged when it comes to even having access to them.