Over 60% of murders in the United States take place with a gun. Many people say that it is an American's right to "bear arms". It still is, although many people do know how to use/care for a gun, the majority do not. There is a LARGE difference between owning a gun, and knowing how to use/store it responsibly. Self-defense is the most common reason for owning a firearm. Fear of home invasion, robbery …
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…year-olds will actually sit through one of those? By more or less cutting off the "legal" gun supply, there will be fewer firearms to shoot with overall. Fewer firearms mean fewer shootings. Simply giving a government run "safety" course in firearms safety/storage to all prospective new gun owners will, over time, lower the total amount of gun deaths in our country; this stance is far less "radical" than the majority of "gun control" proposals.