GuncontrolAnintrestingstory

ShouldAmericaControlGuns?

WhyAmericanslovegunsReasonsofguncontrolWhyitissohardtocontrolgunsTherightwaytogobyIvy&ShirleyI.WhyAmericasloveguns?1.helpthembecomeindependent2.theSecondAmendment:"AwellregulatedMilitiabeingnecessarytothesecurityofafreeState,therightofthepeopletokeepandbearArmsshallnotbeinfringed."3.tectthemselvesinalegalway.5.asymbolofAmeicanculture:partandpartialAgainstCrimeandSelf-defense 67%TargetShooting66%Hunting 58%TheestimatesofprivatefirearmownershipintheU.S.asof2010:

HouseholdsWithaGunAdultsOwningaGunAdultsOwningaHandgunPercentage40-45%30-34%

17-19%Number

47-53million70-80million

40-45million2009:307millionpeople.2010:300milliongunsownedbycivilians.100millionarehandguns.Reasonsofguncontrol1.Moregunstendtomeanmorehomicide.Roughly16,272murderswerecommittedintheUnitedStatesduring2008.Ofthese,about10,886or67%werecommittedwithfirearms.Stateswithstricterguncontrollawshavefewerdeathsfromgun-relatedviolence.2.TheSecondAmendmentdoesnotindicateanindividualrighttopossessagun.Awell-regulatedMilitiabeingnecessarytothesecurityofafreeState,therightofthepeopletokeepandbeararms,shallnotbeinfringed.1.awellregulatedMilitia≠indivisuals2.feasibility??TheSecondAmendment:3.RightsandobligationsLoyaltyOaths4.Sometimesitisn'taneffectivewaytoprotectlife.people'scapabilityandthequalityoftheguntheyownisdifferent.a2-year-oldinCooperCounty,Missouri,diedaftershootinghimselfintheheadwithahandgunthat"hegotaholdof"inhishouse.a3-year-oldinLoris,SouthCarolina,nearMyrtleBeach,diedaftershootinghimselfintheheadwithapistolthathefoundinthecar.a5-year-oldinBelleville,Illinois,nearSt.Louis,wasaccidentallyshotintheheadwithashotgunbyhis10-year-oldbrother.a3-year-oldinMarylandHeights,Missouri,nearSt.Louis,whoshothimselfonceinthechest,died.Hefoundtheguninhisparentsbedroom,oneofwhomisapoliceofficer.a2-year-oldwasshotintheheadbyhis5-year-oldbrotherinConnersville,Indianawhowasplayingwithagunhefoundinabedroom.Theboy,atwin,diedofthegunshot..Somemorerecentgunandshootingaccidentsinvolvingchildreninclude:Whyitishardtocontrolguns?statusofgunsindustryintheU.S.annualgrossdomesticproduct31.84billionrateofunemployment8.2%13millionpeopleprovided209,750positions98,752inmanufacture110,998inotherfieldsannualsalaryandwelfare$46,858sourceofmoneynationaleconomycontributedtotherevenueGunsAssociationsoffersretailersconveniencebonds——manufacturers?retailersgainmoremoneyagainstguncontrolfirmlytheinfluenceofNRA"ThelargestandoldestcivilrightsorganizationintheUnitedStates."haveaprofoundinfluenceonAmerianpoliticalfield→affectthevoteofpresidentChrisW.CoxistheNRA'schieflobbyistandprincipalpoliticalstrategist,