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President Obama talks about how he will make a stand against gun violence making sure background checks are enforced . He mentions that America is dealing with sadness with school shootings and violence across the country wants to change that. Mr. Obama felt it was his duty to stop this act before it gets out of control.

Six Democrats in Georgia's state House of Representatives unveiled a bill on Jan. 11 that would "require seizure" of "certain weaponry and ammunition" that is deemed as contraband. Many people in the government are worried with large numbers of automatic weapons being demand by civilians is fearful. A bill was introduced to the state of Georgia that an automatic weapon that doesn't meet the standards should be outlawed.

A deadly mall shooting on Saturday was a grim reminder that gun violence in America continues unabated.--3 people were found dead including the suspected shooter. Three weeks into 2014 and there was already eight school shootings.

President Obama's executive action to expand gun sale background checks has opened up a legal can of worms. Specifying he means that background checks were a joke before he came into office. Anyone was cable of buying a gun with with no worries since President Obama been in office its mandatory for everyone to get a background check before the purchase of the weapon.

Illegal gun trafficking and poor background checks are what American's who want to "ban" our second amendment should be looking into. There has been a great deal of public shootings and many have blamed the guns for doing the killing. When in fact, all guns that are involved in these shooting and many crimes, are illegal, or not registered.

Gun violence statistics have been observed over the past few years and about 31,000 individuals dead from guns in the year 2011, and about 71,000 individuals suffered nonfatal gun injuries that year also.

This gives multiple myths about gun laws and prevention along with their coinciding facts about the laws. Talks about the decline of gun owners we have in America now and how we can make gun laws effective so we can eliminate the number of mass shootings. This article also talks about how we've always been able to defend ourselves but the fact that we talk about self defense often actually makes our communities less safe.

Sen. Marco Rubio claimed Thursday that President Barack Obama is trying to bend the second amendment. Also President Obama is trying to make it difficult for Americans to buy firearms. "Its not the gun fault its the person pulling the trigger who should be responsible." as Sen. Marco Rubio claim mentions in his speech.

Texas becomes the 8th state to allow concealed weapons on college campuses. Other states allow universities and colleges to decide their own gun restrictions

This map shows the states that have a high ranking of of gun control laws to the states with the lowest gun control laws

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.

The passage is about how media can have a positive and negative impact with gun laws. Its mostly from commercial and their message they are trying to send to viewers . In complaining about bias, conservatives point to surveys indicating that most reporters are personally pro-gun control. But so are most Americans.

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This article looks at the gun control laws in other countries and the reasons why they developed those laws. IN 2012 the death of 20 children at a school in Newtown Connecticut caused an upraise in the debate on whether we should have a more strict gun control law or not. President Obama tried getting semi-automatics and military style weapons banned and having a more strict background check was defeated in the senate in 2013. Since the mass shootings in 2015 Obama is trying to rekindle the bill.

In this article it argues that a more strict gun control will not reduce crime. The NRA (National Rifle Association) said that gun owners are sports enthusiasts and not criminals. This article also points out that since the 1960's the government have been debating on the issue of gun control but nothing has changed. Neither side (Democratic and Conservative) are listening to each other, they are counteracting and arguing but not listening to each others beliefs on this issue, which is a main reason why this debate has been going on for so long.

More Restrictive Gun Laws Arguments in favor of more restrictive gun laws are High rate of gun-related violence and death Second Amendment does not provide for individual gun rights

New York became the first state to pass a gun control law the toughest in the nation -- since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre last month.

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.

Gun violence has been a rising issue within the last few years, especially with the number of mass shootings. Most people think that mental health issues are what cause these incidents. But even professionals think that if all mental health problems were solved there would still be issues with gun violence.

In April, the Senate rejected the Toomey-Manchin gun control proposal. In the wake of its defeat many wonder why give this a chance to be passed. Trying to make every gun legal to buy wont be easy to do. Creating the right to purchase a firearm no short cuts. Make it difficult for people who do not have license to sell them on the streets.