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Guns & the Right to Bear Arms

There were 337 mass shootings in 2018 and 418 in 2019 (defined as 4+ victims shot or killed). This means that the number of such shootings in the US far exceeds…
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Sources: UNODC, Small Arms Survey, Guardian Data Blog (compiled by Washington Post)
Top 5 Countries with the Most Guns per Capita  Source: The Century Foundation / The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list)
Who's Arming the World? Just Six Countries Export 74% of the World's Weapons

Guns: Gun Ownership & Guns Per Capita

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Source: Gallup, 2020
"If you are going to use a handful of crimes by undocumented immigrants as a reason for why we need a wall, then you'd better use the 325+ mass shootings in America last year as a reason why we need gun control. One is an actual problem, the other is manufactured."

Guns: Gun Control and Access

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Source: CDC / Mother Jones, 2020

Guns: Mass Shootings

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The Guardian counted every mass shooting in 2015
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For years, the gun lobby has pointed to Chicago as proof that gun control won't work.
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"If you are going to use a handful of crimes by undocumented immigrants as a reason for why we need a wall, then you'd better use the 325+ mass shootings in America last year as a reason why we need gun control. One is an actual problem, the other is manufactured."
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A gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, and killed six staffers and 20 first-graders before turning the gun on himself. In this image a Connecticut State Police officer leads children out of the school — in Newtown, Connecticut.  Photo credit: Shannon Hicks Defender, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, 242, State Police, Conspiracy Theories, Nbc News, Barack Obama, Police Officer
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Gun-related Deaths per 100,000 People, by State  [Top] Hawaii - 2.6 deaths [Bottom] Alaska - 19.8 deaths | Source: The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Kaiser Family Foundation; NRA-ILA Control Issues, Family Foundations, Assault Weapon, Of Montreal, Social Work
Gun-related Deaths per 100,000 People, by State [Top] Hawaii - 2.6 deaths [Bottom] Alaska - 19.8 deaths | Source: The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Kaiser Family Foundation; NRA-ILA
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