Firearms; Vital Tools For Self Defense Or Deadly Killers?
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Introduction
There are presently in excess of 200 million guns in the United States,
according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Each year this number
grows by 4 to 5 million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more
guns.1 There is a firearm on the premises of more t ....
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.... the founders of
this country believed in.
Guns are Beneficial
Guns can help prevent crime. This is a view held by many opponents to
gun control. The criminals themselves agree. As part of a three - year study
by the U. S. Department of Justice, criminals in prisons across the nation were
interviewed. Sixty percent feared being shot by an armed citizen more than
being shot by the police. fifty - three percent did not commit a specific
crime because they were afraid the victim was arme ....
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