The United States' homicide rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2005) is higher when compared to other countries: Sweden with 1.3, Canada with 1.5, and Australia with 1.3. To go along with these rates, America has a higher gun ownership with 39% when compared to Canada with 29.1%, Australia with 19.4% and Sweden with 15.1%. ... He uses this analogy to portray the government with gun control laws to the accomplice that simply ran off with the gun. ... Another issue with gun control is the inability for the government to efficiently regulate the laws. ... These private trades of firea...

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Why do so many American's oppose our government trying to protect their safety and good will? ... Sure, gun lovers state the government is trying to take away all the guns away from citizens. Also, that the government is going to control everything in our lives because citizens won't be able to revolt. It's best remembered that citizens make up the government, the military, other official jobs, and they also have families also. ... The state or government could lock up all guns, and the lawful owner, when the gun is needed, must sign them out. ...

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The United States government needs to lower the amount of violent crime involving handguns. ... The government can go about eliminating the factor of gun density through the application of the fore mentioned regulations. ... The rate of unintentional gun deaths of children is nine times higher in the United States than in twenty-five other industrialized countries (such as Australia, France, Israel, Canada, Germany and England) combined (Source 3). ... Its power lies soft money donations to a political party, as well as other types, to get what they want out of the government legislation. ...

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The militia could then be used to defend itself in the event that a new government developed a standing army to stamp out the states" militias. ... Other countries, including France, Canada, Britain, Australia, Japan and Scotland, which have enacted a total ban of all firearms, have generally found success. ...

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