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Article: Gun Control
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GUN CONTROL
Every year, more than two thousand people die in the United States from gun-related injuries. The population groups most affected by these avoidable deaths are children and young adolescents. The misuse of firearms is a problem worldwide, of course. However, the incidence of firearm use does vary from country to country. According to the
United Nations Report on Firearm Regulation, Crime Prevention, and Criminal Justice
(1997), the United States has "weaker firearm regulations and higher numbers of deaths involving firearms than all other industrialised
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and even most developing
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nations." The study also noted that the total firearm death rate in the United ...