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What is Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, Alabama, or Wyoming?
1 Alaska 60.6 percent 20.28 2 Louisiana 45.6 percent 19.06 3 Montana 61.4 percent 16.58 4 Alabama 57.2 percent 16.36 5 Wyoming 62.8 percent 16.32
Name one of the top five states with the highest gun death rates.
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What is fact?
The estimated total number of guns (both licit and illicit) held by civilians in the United States is 270,000,0001 to 310,000,000
America is number one when it comes to number of citizens who privately own guns
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What is the second amendment?
This amendment protects the right for citizens to bear firearms
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What is Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, or New York?
50 Hawaii 9.7 percent 3.31 49 Massachusetts 12.8 percent 4.12 48 Rhode Island 13.3 percent 4.66 47 New Jersey 11.3 percent 5.19 46 New York 18.1 percent 5.22
Name one of the top five states with the lowest gun death rates.
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What is fact?
At least as far as mandated reporting goes, that is. Health-care facilities and pharmacies are required to report the loss or theft of controlled substances, but individual gun owners are not required to report the theft or loss of a firea
In certain states, the theft of drugs is more regulated than the theft of guns
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What is the Virginia Tech massacre?
This school shooting occurred on April 16th, 2007
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What is Texas?
In Texas, there is no legal statute specifically prohibiting the carry of a firearm other than a handgun, although there is debate as to whether doing so constitutes "disorderly conduct" (which defines an offense, in part, as "displaying
This state allows a handgun in the following places or circumstances (unless the carrier receives notice that the carrying of a handgun is forbidden):
• A hospital • An amusement park • A church, synagogue, or other established place of religious worship |
What is myth?
Access to guns increases the risk of suicide
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What is the NY SAFE act?
The NY SAFE Act requires background checks of firearm purchasers. Those who are mentally unstable, charged with domestic abuse, and have criminal history are highly profiled in order to prevent incorrect and violent gun usage
This law requires the purchaser's background info and prevents the mentally ill and disabled from purchasing firearms in New York
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What is New York?
No NYS permit is required for long guns. NYC residents must apply for and receive a rifle/shotgun permit from the NYC police department, must register every long gun purchased with said permit with the NYC police department and purchase
This state allows the purchase of long guns without a state permit.
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What is myth?
Most gun deaths are caused by accidents or by mentally unstable people
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What is the Sandy Hook shooting, killing 28 members of the elementary school-- 6 of them staff members, the rest students?
The deadliest school shooting in the U.S. was the Virginia Tech Massacre-32 deaths, 17 wounded, and 6 injured while escaping throug
This was the second deadliest shooting in America
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What is Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia or Wyoming?
Name one of the fourteen states that permits open carrying of firearms.
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What is fact?
Some of the deadliest mass shootings took place at schools, an area where guns are banned.
Since 1950, every public mass shooting (with the exception of just one) in the U.S. has occurred in a place where civilians are banned from carrying firearms
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What is 31%?
Yes 68.87% (7,371) No 31.13% (3,332) TOTAL 10,703
The School Improvement Network surveyed 10,661 teachers, administrators and staff after the Sandy hook incident and ask how safe they felt in their schools. This percentage of the audience said they felt unsafe?
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