First and foremost, this article is titled "Civilian Disarmament" rather than "Gun Control" because that's what the real end goal is, for civilians to be completely disarmed and for the government to have a complete monopoly on any and all forms of weapons. Anyone calling for "Gun Control" that "doesn't want to take your guns away" is being disingenuous.
Now that that's out of the way...
The debate over civilian disarmament is hot right now, due to a handful of high profile mass shootings. Without discounting the lives that were lost in these incidents, I believe a lot of people are shouting "something must be done!" emotionally without rationally looking at the numbers, and looking at what further disarmament can cause. Lets take a look at the numbers to see what we're actually trying to prevent, and how much of a difference it would actually make.
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