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Gun control involves the regulation of the ownership and use of guns as well as safety issues related to firearms. Guns have been part of American society since the arrival of the first European settlers. While there were early laws regulating weapons, the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment gave citizens the right to own and bear arms.

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Can the United States reduce gun violence?
By Susan Ladika
June 3, 2021

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May 17, 2019 – Volume 29, Issue 19 Can gun violence in schools be prevented? By Lorna Collier

Twenty years after two students killed 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado, lawmakers and safety experts continue to debate how to secure the nation's K-12 schools against gun violence. Recent mass shootings have heightened the issue's urgency, including two last year — at high schools in Parkland, Fla., and Santa Fe, Texas, that took a combined 27 lives.

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