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  2. Opinion: America once valued life more than guns. How did ...

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    Most Americans of the mid-20th century abhorred the concept of “preparatory armed carriage” and shuddered at the sight of a gun in public. Regulations against “going armed” were as old as ...

  3. Opinion - Americans are asking all the wrong questions - AOL

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    Regardless of what Trump would do, asking the right question is crucial in obtaining the most satisfactory outcome. That is not occurring. Perhaps the most significant looming threat is the U.S ...

  4. 21 Americans With Opposing Views on Guns Sat Down to ... - AOL

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    21 people—some who love their AR-15s, some who would never touch a firearm—gathered to find middle ground in the gun control debate 21 Americans With Opposing Views on Guns Sat Down to Talk to ...

  5. Arming America - Wikipedia

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    The thesis of Arming America is that gun culture in the United States did not have roots in the colonial and early national period but arose during the 1850s and 1860s. The book argues that guns were uncommon during peacetime in the United States during the colonial, early national, and antebellum periods, that guns were seldom used then and that the average American's proficiency in use of ...

  6. Public opinion on gun control in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to joint polls published by CNN and the SSRS Institute: 64% of Americans support stricter gun control laws, 36% oppose it. 54% of Americans believe that such laws will reduce the number of deaths and killings of citizens with firearms, and 58% believe that the government can take effective action to prevent mass shootings. 36% believe ...

  7. Dan Rodricks: The question for Americans about guns: Do we ...

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    On Friday, Mayor Brandon Scott met with some of the many people who keep good things happening in Baltimore to herald the return of Fourth of July fireworks to the Inner Harbor for the first time ...

  8. Gun culture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Americans made up 4 percent of the world's population but owned about 46 percent of the entire global stock of 857 million civilian firearms." [13] [attribution needed] U.S. civilians own 393 million guns. American civilians own more guns "than those held by civilians in the other top 25 countries combined." [14] [attribution needed]

  9. 'The truth is, one nation under guns': Poet and activist ...

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    The 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate, 24, used her platform to call out gun violence in America, posing a poignant question about the future of children's safety in schools. Schools scared to ...