Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, and New York each enacted legislation to extend background check requirements when guns are sold by unlicensed sellers. ... According to a study done by Jens Ludwig, who studies gun control at the University of Chicago, in areas where more households have guns, the overall homicide rate goes up. ...

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Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck even conducted a study on the effects of gun registration on crime rates in 75 different cities. ... In 2007, for example, a gunman entered New Life Church in Colorado Springs, and shot and killed two girls. ...

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