... ) In 1975, the state of California increased the waiting period on retail and private sales of handguns from five to 15 days. In 1996, California reduced the waiting period to 10 days. Since 1975, the state's annual murder rate has been an astonishing 32% higher than the rate for the rest of the country. Maryland was another state to impose a waiting ... Constitution preserves "the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation (Where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (The Federalist, No. 46, 1788) Which is true, th...

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