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Gun Control Reform Activism

BrotherIvan

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Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 06:18 PM

Dec 2013

The U.S. does not have unusually high rates of crime, violent behavior or mental illness compared with other high-income countries; but our rate of homicide with firearms is nearly 20 times higher. Lax gun laws that allow dangerous people easy access to guns plays an important role in this disparity.

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Gun control is not a cultural battle [View all] SecularMotion Dec 2013 OP

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