Gun Control Compares To The Rest Of The World Summary

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In the article “How US Gun Control Compares to the Rest of the World”, John Donohue shares his stance on the controversial issue of gun control in the United States. Mass shootings are only a small part of the overall violence in America, however, as time passes, this issue continues to worsen and is becoming a greater problem in the US than in other countries. Other industrialized nations have harsher gun laws that have prevented many different types of crimes. US states and cities have enacted laws to require unused guns to be safely stored, which helps keep guns away from criminals and children. People argue that stored guns can’t be used to defend themselves, but studies have proven that guns are very rarely used as self defense mechanisms.

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