Gun control.

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One of the arguments against gun control is that families feel safer with a gun in the home thinking they would be able to defend themselves from an intruder, when actually the gun is 22 times more likely to be used to kill somebody you know than to kill in self defense, according to a 1998 study by the New England Journal of Medicine. Some statistics you may be surprised to know are; 43% of households with children …

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…is run by Sarah and Jim Brady. During the 1981 assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan, Press Secretary Jim Brady was shot in the head and is now crippled. He and his wife, Sarah, are now two of the biggest activists for gun control. One of the bills that they have gotten passed is called the Brady Bill, which basically says "it shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon."