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President Donald Trump inflated the U.S. murder rate during his meeting with sheriffs Tuesday, saying it was the highest it's been in nearly a half century.

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Guns.com reported recently on a US Department of Justice press release on a domestic violence study, making the familiar call for less access to firearms.

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With 1,300 more shooting victims than last year and over 750 homicides so far this year, Chicago is experiencing its deadliest year in nearly two decades.

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England is a favorite subject for advocates of gun control — so long as the discussion never gets beyond a shallow level.

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According to new research fifty-seven percent of voters believe that violence and offenses against property are occurring more frequently now than in 2008.

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If the study conducted by Harvard and Northeastern Universities is to be accepted, handguns have become the firearm of choice for American gun owners.

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In the past, I've expressed criticism of sloppy analogies between gun violence and disease, but that doesn't mean that I see no valid ways to approach this.

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Jonathan M. Metzl, professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University, has written an article for HuffPo, titled, “Guns in Donald Trump’s America.”

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According to FBI Director James Comey, the homicide rates of several American cities has risen this year. In his words, “Holy cow, do we have a problem.”

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“It’s a fearsome reality: violence for its own sake,” said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, “The gun has come to define manhood for these young men.”

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The rate is higher than it was at the height of the city's crack and heroin epidemic in 1999, but authorities believe drugs still fuel most of the murders.

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake blamed the city's violence on repeat offenders and "unfettered access to guns.”

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