Gun control Essay
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Should Gun Control be more Enforced in America
Gun control is a tremendous problem in the United States of America. The United States is the only nation in the industrialized world that permits the almost unlimited private ownership of guns. The accidental death rates in most other countries are much below those in the United States. Should Gun Control be more enforced in America?
Gun control should be more enforced in America. There are over 25 million handguns in this country. In areas where gun ownership is high, both the percent of murders committed by guns, and the general murder rate, are high. Federal gun control legislation will reduce the availability of handguns, thus reducing gun-related violence. Only about one-third of the firearms in the nation are handguns, they account for over 75 percent of all armed violence in the United States. There are federal restrictions on machine guns but not handguns...