Of the 2.4 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, in 92% of these defensive uses, the mere sight of a gun or a warning shot scares off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound his/her attacker.the Constitution reads that we have right of the people to keep and bear Arms

THE FOUNDING FATHERS WANTED THE POPULATION TO BE WELL ARMED SO THAT THE GOVERNED WOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM AN ASSAULT ON ITS LIBERTY, WHETHER ITS FROM AN INVADING GOVERNMENT OR OUR OWN.

Data reported by the FBI. In 1995, there were 21,597 people murdered, 12,066 with handguns.In 1994, every day 16 children ages 19 & under were killed with guns in this country.Gun manufacturers should be required to provide a safety lock with every handgun they sell. This alone could save 100 of kids a year from accidental death.

people use guns to defend themselves against criminals over 2.4 million times every year or 6,575 times a day.so that means that each year, firearms are used 60 times more often to protect there lives than to take lives.more than 192,000 are women defending themselves against sexual abuse whith an gun.

Keeping a handgun in the home for self-defense places a gun owner and there family in great jeopardy. Research indicates that residents of homes where a gun is present are 5 times more likely to experience a suicide and 3 times more likely to experience a homicide than residents of homes without guns. Additionally, a gun kept in the home is 43 times more likely to kill a member of the household, or friend, than an intruder.

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i think we shouldnt have guns the should be more stricter about gun control its stupid cause more and more poepl is getting killed from playing with gus,getting shot at ect.some poeple just going crazy with power of guns over 15120 i reapet over 15120 if you understand.

they are guilty cause who shoot at crowd of innocent people.they did not really have to act that way to what the they where saying and they did so the should go to jail for murder and if they wonted to calm them down they should have did something other than kill them.

Yes i think we should have metal detectors because people these days defiantly kids i school would bring any thing to try to show off or try to be (cool) so yeah i think we should have metal detectors.

yeah we should start school late cause we have to wake up at 7am and leave at 3:15pm thats 7 hours.

i think they should give us healthy food and food that we can eat and not the kind that be moving.