1. By: Daniel Stopka

2. What You Need to Know
 Gun control is one of the main issues facing Americans today. The
Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms, but in light of
recent gun violence various laws have been placed to restrict gun
ownership. Gun control is the process of putting these laws into place
and regulating the ownership and use of firearms. Gun control is split
by those who say that it infringes on people’s rights given to us in the
Constitution and those who say that gun control reduces crime and
fatalities in America.

3. Facts Since the Brady Law requiring background checks
before firearm purchases are made was signed in 1993,
gun violence has gone down 49% and in 2012 the U.S.
reached its millionth refusal to sell a gun to someone
because of the background check.
 In the U.S., guns are used 80 times more often to
prevent crime than to take lives.
 The U.S. ranks #1 in gun ownership in the world but
#28th in gun murders.
 Gun violence is decreasing at a rapid pace compared to
earlier years.
 Gun ownership in the U.S. is declining.
 The South is the most violent part of the U.S.
 The city of Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law requiring
every home to have a gun, and over the next 23 years
crime dropped by 50%.
 Cities with strict gun control laws waver between
having higher rates of crime and lower rates of crime.

4. Gun control will prove to be a controversial subject for
years to come
Choose your side