GUN CONTROL

What’s the Issue?

WHAT’S THE ISSUE?

• Over 170,000 Americans have died from gun violence between 2012 and 2016
• 62 percent of these deaths were suicides, not homicides and unintentional gun death is only less than two percent

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF GUN CONTROL?

GUN CONTROL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

• In 1976, Washington, D.C. put a handgun ban in place
• In 1976, the homicide count was 188 homicides
• In 1988, the homicide count was 364

GUN CONTROL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

• The United Kingdom banned handguns in 1997
• Despite the ban, they had reported a higher burglary rate per 100,000 people than that of the United States in 2010

GUN PREVALENCE

• According to another study, in America the amount of guns owned between 1999 and 2003 increased by nearly 56 percent
• Yet, the crime rate had gone down by almost 50 percent between those years

What Can We Do?

SOLUTION

• Increasing the quality and frequency of background checks is a good solution to gun violence
• Background checks have stopped 3 million gun sales to prohibited persons

TO CONCLUDE

• Crime has increased in places with strict gun laws
• Crime has decreased as gun prevalence has increased
• Background checks are a good solution to this problem

WORKS CITED

• “Gun Violence by the Numbers.” EverytownResearch.org, Every Town Research, 14 Mar. 2018
• Bandler, Aaron. “7 Facts On Gun Crime That Show Gun Control Doesn't Work.” Daily Wire, The Daily Wire, 28 July 2016
• Hope, Christopher. “England Has Worse Crime Rate than the US, Says Civitas Study.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 3 Aug. 2010

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