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Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. [1] [2] Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, but have strong firearms laws to prevent violence.
Within hours of the shooting, a We the People user started a petition asking the White House to "immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress," [5] [6] and the gun control advocacy group the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence reported that an avalanche of donations caused its website to crash. [7]
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) [1] is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations, the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except by manufacturers, dealers and importers ...
There is no simple solution to America’s unique problem of relentless gun violence. It’s a surreal view of a nation unable to move on from its own cycle of gun violence.
4 5-graders at Caring and Sharing Learning School in G'ville recognized as winners of essay contest focused on combatting gun violence in community.
The thesis of Arming America is that gun culture in the United States did not have roots in the colonial and early national period but arose during the 1850s and 1860s. The book argues that guns were uncommon during peacetime in the United States during the colonial, early national, and antebellum periods, that guns were seldom used then and that the average American's proficiency in use of ...
"Guns" is a non-fiction essay written by American writer Stephen King on the issue of gun violence, published in 2013. He wrote it after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, elaborating on why he let the novel Rage (1977) and The Bachman Books (1985), the omnibus in which Rage also appeared, go out of print.
Those against gun control argue that these laws ignore two facts: Gun owners who store guns loaded and unlocked do so to keep them ready for use in defense against criminals; Defensive use of guns is both common and effective in preventing injury and property loss. Gun control advocates also favor CAP laws as a means of preventing gun suicides ...