MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS
WE ARE KILLING OUR OWN KIND
Makes Crime More Lethal
- Ranges From Gun Accidents & Suicides To Homicides & Mass Shootings
- We Lose More Than 32,000 Americans To Gun Violence Every Year. That's About An Average Of 87 Deaths A Day (Everitt)
- 70,000 Victims Are Permanently Disabled. Their Medical Care Goes Up To About 4 billion dollars (Collazo)
- "Guns Certainly Don't Cause Crime, But The Fact That They Are Easily Available Does Make Crimes More Lethal" (Everitt)
Easy Access
- 40% Of Gun Sales Are Conducted Without Background Checks (Everitt)
- Gives Criminals People With The Wrong Intentions A Free Pass To Arm Themselves
- Shooters Purchase Guns Even Though They Display Red Flags
- Legally Owned Guns Are Frequently Stolen And Used By Criminals (Procon)
Rarely Used For Self Defense
- Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims (235,700) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm, the least-employed protective behavior (Procon)
- In 2010 there were 230 "justifiable homicides" in which a private citizen used a firearm to kill a felon, compared to 8,275 criminal gun homicides (or, 36 criminal homicides for every "justifiable homicide") (Procon)