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Gun Control Research Paper

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More than a third of Americans say they or someone in their household owns a gun. Guns are used for a variety of purposes, such as hunting, self defense, target shooting, for historical purposes, and so on. Most of the time the owners of these guns are responsible law abiding citizens and only in a small minority has a gun been used as a weapon intended to invoke harm upon someone. Some law makers and citizens have suggested creating and enforcing more gun control policies. These policies would more than likely make little or no difference in the number of yearly casualties because criminals don't care about the laws and will obtain a gun illegally and these restrictions go against the 2nd amendment.

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