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Greg Ballard wants to require mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes, noting that most suspects are not first-time offenders.

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Homicides in Chicago are up 20 percent from last year, with nearly 2,000 shooting victims and more than 300 fatalities so far this year.

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Gun control advocates love Australia, but the country doesn't really offer gun control advocates the proof for their claims that they so urgently desire.

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Alan Dershowitz doesn't merely want the courts to read the Second Amendment as a collective right. He wants to repeal the whole thing.

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As shots were fired, everyone in the area – including Edward's own friends – scattered and fled the scene, leaving the critically injured teen there to die, and although there were witnesses, no one will talk to the police, thus continuing the cycle.

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Although the greatest number of murders occurred in August 1972, when the difference in the population is taken into consideration, last month experienced the highest monthly homicide rate per capita.

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A recent study of global economic development says the United States is the leader in homicides committed in the Western world and has steadily held the title since 1950.

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Thanks to gun rights advocates, Vivek Murthy’s nomination to Surgeon General was tabled. But now, with ebola on the public's mind, both self-defense opponents and their media cohorts are clamoring for the Senate to allow a vote on this anti-gun candidate.

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A 16 percent increase in the state's homicide rate is attributed to Missouri's decision to repeal it's law requiring a permit to purchase and background checks on handgun purchases, the study indicates.

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Researchers were unable to accurately conclude why considering that, at least in homicide cases, the person’s own gun was rarely used against them.

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