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Obama calls for an immediate action towards gun control. After the latest gun violence an emotional call to congress was made for a closer look at gun laws.

mass shootings in public places are happening often, affecting people everywhere and causing horror. In general, though, fewer Americans are dying as a result of gun violence

Lawmakers of both parties are agree that it is time to take guns from abusers and are making a stance on the opposition. Although, some of the states disagree with the decision to take their guns away from abusing persons.

Shootings by police per month in 2016 Shootings by police per month in 2015 Shooting deaths per million residents, by state So far this year, there have been shootings per million people nationwide. The highest state rates fall in the South and West. Locations of the shootings Each marks the location of a deadly shooting.

I think that it is great that people are looking at both shootings made by not only regular people yet also people that are shot by the police. I think it is an interesting statistic to look at.

It is good to get the stats on the number of people killed by the police and other individuals. That way, no harsh bias can be argued.

This article shows the timeline of the governments plans for gun control laws over the years

I feel like the gun control that is currently in place is good, but we need to help people get trained for better safety if a situation arises!

Gun control in my opinion should be regulated, not be taken away from the rights of Americans. Some people can be dangerous with huge amounts of firearms without regulations.

Fewer guns, fewer gun-related deaths. A simple enough concept, so knock-you-over-the-head obvious that it practically begs for an equally blunt -- if totally oblivious -- response, one made by plenty of pro-gun rights advocates: that more guns make us safer. But a look at the social science literature surrounding the U.S.