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Causes Of Gun Control

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Why Gun Control in the United States Has Failed
Gun control in the United States is an issue that has drugged for over several decades ago. The government has refused to pass serious gun control legislation. Despite the government hesitance to pass the gun control legislation gun violence has vastly continued to manifest itself. Many innocent civilians have lost their precious lives. Recent mass killings in Las Vegas. The mass killings in Las Vegas in not an isolated case as many people have been killed as a result of people holding guns. In United States, at least 40% of Americans say that they either possess a gun or reside in premises with one. In 2016, eleven thousands deaths were attributed to the fact murder or even manslaughter because of involvement in the firearm. There is need to put an end to the death of people as a result negligence of the government to pass gun control legislation.
Mass shooting of people have been reported in columbine high school in Littleton, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia; a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, sandy hook elementary school in Newton, Connecticut as well as attempted assassinations of U.S representative Gabriella Gifford as well as accompanying mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Despite such mass shooting activities there has been no serious gun control legislation that either the congress house has passed regarding the assault weapons to the people of United States.

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