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__Nathan Edwards__ [] __Federal__ __State and Local__
 * 1934- first major gun control initiative was enacted by Congress which regulated the sale of fully automatic firearms.
 * 1938- federal law which required gun sellers to be licensed and which prohibited persons convicted of violent felonies from purchasing guns.
 * Gun Control Act of 1968- regulated imported guns, expanded gun-dealer licensing requirements, and expanded the list of persons not eligible to purchase guns to include persons convicted of any non-business related felony, minors, persons found to be mentally incompetent, and users of illegal drugs.
 * 1986- federal legislation established mandatory penalties for the use of a gun in the commission of a federal crime.
 * 1990-banned the manufacturing and importation of semi-automatic assault weapons.
 * Bullets that could penetrate bulletproof clothing were prohibited.
 * It is illegal to leave a loaded weapon in easy access of a minor.
 * About seven states prohibit concealed weapons. Most states require you to have a license and Vermont even does not need anything at all.
 * If under 18 you cant posses a gun.
 * If under 21 you are prohibited from purchasing guns from dealers.
 * If 18 or older you can purchase a gun through private sale.
 * 21 states regulate the secondary market for minors.
 * Some states such as California ban some kinds of automatic guns.
 * Four states have laws that limit the legal purchase of handguns to one per month per buyer. (South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and California)
 * Small easily concealed lightweight guns are illegal to buy in a small number of states.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In some local places small easily concealed lightweight guns are prohibited to posses.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most states have laws which prohibit local authorities from passing local gun control ordinances.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before issuing a handgun permit some states do background checks on the individual but this is not required.

__Other__ · About 35% of households own handguns · Households with guns are slowly declining in number · The total amount of deaths due to guns has decreased significantly since the 1990’s but has stayed the same in recent years. · Gun control activists still think that it is still too easy for criminals to get guns · A lot of the population is armed · Like many other aspects of public policy, gun control is a matter of federal, state and even local legislation. · “Brady Bills” are background checks on the buyer · Less than 3% of gun applications have been denied since the enactment of Brady Bill s · Almost all major countries have systems for registration of firearms. · Most major countries do permit the ownership of handguns. · Many countries ban ownership of certain types of weapons although some have no restrictions. · No country has anywhere near the rate of gun ownership as in the United States and there is a correspondingly high gun homicide rate.

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1998- Springfield, Oregon 15-year-old boy opened fire on hundreds of students gathered in the cafeteria of a local high school.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Three people (one student and both of the boy's parents) were killed and 23 others were injured in the course of the shooting spree, which began at his family home.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The boy charged with the shootings carried a rifle, a pistol and a handgun.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Since October 1997, similar incidents have occurred in five other small towns (Jonesboro, Ark., Fayetteville, Tenn., Edinboro, Pa., West Paducah, Ky., and Pearl, Miss.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> In each case the assailants were young boys and in each case the weapons of choice were guns.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 15 people were killed and 48 others wounded in the five separate shootings.
 * Allen L. Nichols, 45, faces first- and second-degree murder charges in the Tuesday night death of his brother, Terry J. Nichols, 43, at the Knoxville home.
 * Allen Nichols, who was in an upstairs bedroom, became upset at the noise because he had to work early the next morning and began banging on the floor, the documents state. He came downstairs and started arguing with Terry Nichols.
 * During the 911 call the dispatcher heard Allen L. Nichols say "I didn't know the damn thing was (expletive) loaded"

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Kendyl Hutchins

[|www.justfacts.com].... _statements and quotes_  Would the columbine have happened without easy access to guns?  Gun violence in the workplace  People quitting jobs in fear of violence  This statement wad taken from school violence web page "Guns, guns, guns. I'm sick of guns. I've never met a gun advocate that wasn't a raving lunatic. They want us to use guns to settle every argument. They think that the more guns we have, the safer we'll be. That doesn't make any sense!"  Millions effected by violence  Mothers scared of violence in school _statistics_  49% of households with a gun  31% of adults owning a gun  Total number of house holds with a gun 47,600,000  Total number of adults owning a gun 59,100,000  During 1997 there were 15,289 murders 10,369 were with firearms  During 1997 there were 7,927,000 violent crimes 691,000 were committed with firearms  1n 1986 nine states had the right-to-carry laws  In the 1990’s criminals on parole or early release from prison had committed about 5,000 murders, 17,000 rapes, and 200,000 robberies a year  Americans use firearms to defend themselves from criminals at least 764,000 times a year.  In 1982 a survey of imprisoned criminals found that 34% had been “scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim.”  D.C. in 1976 enacted a virtual ban on hand guns  Between 1976 and 1991 D.C.’s homicide rate went up 200% while the U.S. rate went up 12%  U.S. homicide rate -0.4%  U.S. firearm homicide rate +15%  U.S. Handgun homicide rate + 24%  Florida dropped the right-to-carry law in 1987  Homicide rates compared to U.S rates above  F.L homicide rate -36%  F.L firearm homicide rate -37%  F.L handgun homicide rate -41%  Brady bill was implemented Feb. 28, 1994  Law established a national 5 business day waiting period on handgun purchases through licensed dealers.  This law also required local authorities to do conduct background checks on hand gun purchasers.  The majority of voters for this law were democrats  And the majority of voters against this law were republican.

[] - firearm related crime has plummeted sense 1993 then slightly increased in 2005 - after 1996, less than 10% of nonfatal violent crimes involved firearms - based off of a national crime victimization survey in 2005, 477,040 victims of violent crimes stated that they were faced with a firearm - Incidents involving a firearm represented 9% of the 4.7million violent crimes of rape sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault in 2005 - of the crime in the U.S is estimated 66% of the 16,137 murders in 2004 were committed with firearms - 1993 through 1997, less than 1% of serious nonfatal violent victimizations were the result of gunshot wounds - according to a survey of state prison inmates in 1997 the source of were they got Their gun was from - a flea market or gun show fewer than 2% - a retail store or pawnshop for about 12% - family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source for 80% - during the offense that brought them to prison 15% of state inmates carried a handgun - During the offense that brought them to prison 13% of federal inmates carried a handgun - And about 2% carried a military-style semiautomatic gun - On average state inmates possessing a firearm receive a sentence of 18 years in prison - And the state inmates not possessing a firearm or weapon on average receive 12 years - The number of gunshot wounds from assault treated in hospital emergency departments fell from 64,100 in 1993 to 39,400 in 1997 - 39% decline from 1993 to 1997 - Homicides are most often committed with guns especially handguns -  -  Homicides by young adults and teens has resin sharply sense the mid 1980’s -  The trend in non gun homicides shows little change, declining or fluctuating slightly for all age groups - Gun homicides by adults 25 and older declined through 1999, but have increased since then. - The sharp increase in homicides from the mid-1980's through the early 1990's and much of the subsequent decline is attributable to gun violence by juveniles and young adults - Teen offending rates started their steep ascents after-- - 1984 in the Middle Atlantic and Pacific regions - 1985 in the East North Central region - 1986 in the South Atlantic region - 1987 in the New England, East South Central, and West South Central regions - 1988 in the West North Central region - 1989 in the Mountain region - over half of the homicides occurred in cities with a population of 100,000 or more - almost one-quarter of the homicides occurred in cities with a population of over 1 million. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">

Chris Northern <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · 11.5% of deaths in Maryland are due to firearms · In the year of 2000 there were 16,586 suicides with people using guns · 643 officers in the year of 2000 were killed · Having guns shows is an easy way to get guns · There are over 5000 gun shows in the United States alone each year. · 71% of republicans are against gun control. · 11% of democrats are against gun control · In 2008 there was a Supreme Court case that said it is unconstitutional to prevent guns totally. · Over 50% of households own guns · Law abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals over 2.4 million times every year · Of the 2.4 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, in 92% of these defensive uses Of the 2.4 million self defense cases, more than 192,000 are women defending themselves against sexual abuse. · [] · 81% of all homicide defendants have at least one arrest on their record. · 66% of all homicide defendants have two or more arrest · 66% of all homicide defendants have two or more arrest · 85% of Americans think it is fine for a teacher or principal to have a gun · As many as 200,000 women use gun every year to defend themselves · People that passed concealed carry laws reduced their rate of murder by 8.5% · People that passed concealed carry laws reduced their rate of rape by 5% · Gun registration has lead to confiscation in several countries including Greece and Jamaica · As many as 561 times a day, women use guns to protect themselves against sexual assault. · Bill Clinton blamed gun control as the reason democrats lost control. 45% of elementary schools reported violence in the schools · Guns also give people a since of power and strength · In 1996 140 children died after accidently being shot. · 43% have 1 or more guns without locks, or trigger locks
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · Many school shootings each year
 * · 81% of all homicide defendants have at least one arrest on their record.
 * · Guns date back many years and have been in the U.S since the American revolution
 * · Charles Andrew Williams born February 8, 1986 in Frederick, Maryland is a convicted murderer. He was the perpetrator of the 2001 shooting at Santana High School in which two students were killed and thirteen others wounded. Andrew is now serving 50 years to life in prison.

http://hematite.com/dragon/antigunstat.html · In 1997 there was a firearms amendment that prohibited the vast majority of handguns in Brittan. · From the great Brittan handgun amendment over 162,000 handguns were handed to local police forces. · Every 10 seconds in America a gun is made · There are approximately 3,153,600 guns made per year · Handguns account for 2/3 of firearm crime, and 80% of all firearm homicide in America. · About 40,000 Americans die each year from gunfire · In 1996 there were 30,862 Americans who committed suicide with a handgun. · There are 3 million gun-carrying citizens a day · 2 million Americans have a gun in their car or truck. · In 1968 congress banned the importing of cheap poorly made handguns to the United States. · 18% of homicides in America were committed with a handgun · There are more than 22,000 gun laws at the city, county, state, and federal level. ·

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 * Sami Thomas**

Jost, Kenneth. "Gun Control Standoff." //CQ Researcher// 7.47 (1997): 1105-1128. //CQ Researcher//. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <[]>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Adams, B. (2004, November 12). Gun control debate. //CQ Researcher//,  //14//  , 949-972. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from CQ Researcher Online, [] <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> · According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, anti-gun laws are seldom and badly enforced · Only 10 states enforce gun control laws well by requiring safety locks on guns and prohibiting concealed weapons · Hunting and free gun use is part of the culture of America · Background checks are required to purchase a handgun from a retail dealer, ensuring that those who buy handguns are responsible enough
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The National Centre for Health Statistics reports that gun accidents resulting in death are @ record low
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many gun control laws, such as Initiative 676 and a Washington law proposing training for all potential gun buyers, have been struck down by the public
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guns can defend potential crime victims
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Possession of firearms by citizens has little effect on crime
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Firearms such as semiautomatic rifles are labeled as “assault weapons” but rarely used in crime
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">80% of all handguns have safety locks to prevent accidents
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed shortly after the assassinations of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. to prevent such assassinations and stop the momentum of a rising crime rate
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Felons and the mentally ill are banned from carrying handguns
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gun Control Act
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prohibited sale of guns between states
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Banned importing of the most popular type of gun among criminals
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gun-sellers were required to obtain a license
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Destructive devices” (bazookas, sub-machine guns, etc.) were banned from being privately owned
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Felons, minors and those w/ mental illnesses are prohibited from owning guns
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1986 the Gun Owners’ Protection Act was passed, overruling part of the Gun Control Act and legalizing the interstate sale of guns
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Within the first 3 years of the law’s authorization more than 250,000 people not eligible to purchase firearms were denied (meaning that a majority of those who own firearms are responsible)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">States with right-to-carry laws have less “personal crime,” such as murder & rape
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 2nd amendment can be interpreted to mean that citizens have a right to possess a firearm for self-defense (“the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Kennesaw, Ga., a law was passed that every household had to possess a firearm and ammunition. Since then home burglaries have decreased.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1988 a law was passed that ensured that guns contain enough metal to be detected by metal detectors
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The firearms banned in the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 are very rarely used in crime
 * This ban was allowed to expire in 2004
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Freedom to possess a firearm has the potential to decrease crime because people have the ability to defend themselves
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guns are used for self-defense an estimated 1.5-2.5 million times per year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gun control may not necessarily prevent crimes; criminal control is the better option
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is little plausible evidence that the availability of guns is related to the high fatal crime rate in America
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preventing responsible citizens from owning guns will not stop criminals or the mentally deranged from wreaking havoc (with or without a gun)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If someone permitted to own a gun commits a crime, just because (s)he was legally allowed to own a firearm does not mean that (s)he will not be punished

> · Population shifts account for much of gun violence, not the availability of guns > ·<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A Duke university professor named Philip Cook took a survey and found that t <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">h e <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">pro gun-control Brady Act didn’t decrease homicide rates <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guns are not restricted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 2% of potential gun purchasers (over 1 million people) have been turned down, signifying that guns are being kept from those who might misuse them <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· President Clinton’s Justice Department conducted a study and determined that the ban on assault weapons and the Brady laws are futile to reduce gun crime
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With background checks being used, people with a criminal record are less likely to even apply for a gun

Jenny Santander

Congressional Research Service. __Gun Control.__ October 3, 2002. Almanac of Policy Issues. December 2, 2009 [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-background checks at gun shows -safety locks were required -controls on weapons had to increase <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-homicides and legal intervention -suicides -accidents -unknown circumstances <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1934-National Firearms Act included strict requirements for registration, move tax on machines
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1968-Gun Control Act sets penalties, licensing requirement for importers, dealers and manufactures, cannot be given to minors, limits access to assault weapons
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">106th Congress had measures to guns but weren’t followed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measures included:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">H.R 4757 bill required federal and states records to be checked by the National Criminal Instant Background Check System
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1986- automatic firearms were banned except for legally owned and registered with Secretary of the Treasury
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guns are mostly produced domestically
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1-2 million handguns are made yearly during 1988-1993
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1994- 35% of households owned 192 million guns
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">60%-70% homicides involve guns in 1981
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Firearm death are reported in states by;
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">20,000 persons have gun to protect property each year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1994-2000- the Brady Act checked 698,000 guns that were denial and 3 million were fine
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Less than 3% of guns were known to the civilian market out of 4 million in 1989
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project exile determined that 80% of homicides in Virginia included firearms(homicides 100,0000)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2002- the Our Lady of Peace Act has records of federal agencies of guns given to people, disqualify guns from people who made a crime
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Deaths with guns have increased and decreased during the year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12.7% of children ages 12-19 were reported to bring gun to schools
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2000- 8,493(66%) out of 12,943 homicides were reported with the use of guns
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1994- a federal offense for anyone who is not licensed to give guns to anyone under 18 years old
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some states are less strict and backgrounds aren’t checked enough
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other states are more strict than the federal laws and background checks are taken more seriously

"Parents of 2 Killers at Columbine Offer $1.6 Million Settlement." __New York__ __Time on the web__ 30 November 2000. 30 November 2000. Decmber 3, 2009 < [] >


 * 23 students were wounded at Columbine High school in 2000 and 12 were killed
 * Settlements are being given for the lost of victims
 * At least 6 families of the children that were killed are trying to action in court
 * 1999- 31 families of victims injured in a high school in Littleton, Colorado were given settlements

Jost, K. (2007, May 25). Gun violence. //CQ Researcher//, //17//, 457-480. Retrieved December 4, 2009, from CQ Researcher Online, [].


 * More schools are trying to improve their school and make it more safe after the Virginia Tech Shooting
 * The Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act doesn’t allow collages to disclose the mental heath records
 * Florida, Virginia and Wisconsin are planning to have better security
 * Virginia Tech student killed 32 students, and left 29 wounded in 2007 (1st worst school shooting)
 * 2004- 11, 624 homicides and 16,750 suicides were involved with guns
 * In 2006- at West Nickel Mines School, in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania: 6 students died and 6 were wounded (2nd worst school shooting)
 * 2007- Congress wants to make gun background checks stronger