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Left-wing and far-left advocates for gun rights argue that gun ownership is necessary for protecting marginalized communities, such as African Americans and the working class, from state repression. [ 172 ] [ 173 ] Far-left advocates argue that gun control laws mostly benefit white people and harm people of color .
In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [ 5 ] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [ 6 ]
Yes. 430 ILCS 66. Illinois has state preemption for the transportation of handguns and handgun ammunition. Non-Illinois residents are granted a limited exception to lawfully carry a concealed firearm within a vehicle if they are eligible to carry a firearm in public under the laws of their own state.
It features 171 legislators from 43 states across the country, including some gun owners and lawmakers from conservative-leaning states where reform remains a contentious subject.
When asked if it was more important to impose restrictions on gun ownership or to protect 2nd Amendment rights, 60% of voters surveyed said they favored tighter rules on firearms possession ...
Because most states do not require gun owners to register their firearms, firearm registrations do not signal how many guns are in each state, reports the Giffords Law Center, a nonprofit ...
About 72% of gun owners say they own a gun primarily for protection. [3] The world's armed forces control about 133 million (approximately 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries: Russia (30.3 million) and China (27.5 million). [1] Law enforcement agencies control about 23 million (about 2 ...
A federal judge said a newly enacted state law that bans licensed firearms owners from carrying concealed weapons on all private property, unless the owners permit weapons with a sign or by ...