Down below are a few facts about gun control, and how important it is to restrict guns.
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0.5% of American households in the past 5 years had someone use a gun for self-defense.
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In 2015, 11.3 of every 100,000 people in the US were victims of firearm-related deaths.
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Every day, 7 children are killed and 12 more are injured with a gun.
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27 people were killed by guns in America on Christmas Day in 2015, which is equal to the total number of people killed in gun homicides in an entire year in Austria, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, Estonia, Bermuda, Hong Kong, and Iceland combined.
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44% of Americans say they personally know someone who has been shot with a gun, either accidentally or intentionally.
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Although the U.S has only 5% of the worlds population, it has 50% of the worlds civilian owned guns.
1.7 million children in the u.s live with unlocked, loaded guns. 1 out of 3 homes with kids have guns.
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