Gun Violence And Mass Shootings In America

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In the wake of the latest mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon; which claimed the lives of ten students and wounding nine others, anti-gun advocates have called for stronger background checks on firearm purchases and ammunition in an effort to reduce further mass violence. During a press conference president, Obama spoke to the American people saying, “the routine nature of mass shooting violence in America will continue unless the country’s politics change.” Anti-gun advocates claim firearms are the main source of gun violence and mass shootings in America, the only measure that has the greatest potential of reducing and eliminating mass violence is implementing stricter gun control laws. We have seen the highest