Pros And Cons Of Controlling Guns

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Controlling guns is not very easy with all the easy access we have to them. There needs to be a better way to keep people safe, and not having other people's loved ones get hurt. Better gun control can be accomplished by better background checks, stricter laws, and restrictions on where guns are sold.
Federal Laws doesn't require universal background checks. That is a huge problem because that means someone could be a criminal and should not be owning a gun. Private sellers can make a lot of money from selling guns based on rules placed by the government. There are reasons why the people who are buying guns from private sellers shouldn't be having guns and. There is nothing to stop them unless we do better background checks of everyone buying

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