... rounds per minute. Nothing with that much firepower is necessary for sporting or hunting. One of the greatest tragedies of gun violence is the tremendous numbers of children and youth killed or injured by guns and these numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. This is one of many reasons that more and more people are supporting gun control. Some of the ... to have them. Tightening gun laws will keep guns in the hands of proper individuals by making it harder for unqualified people to obtain them. The Schumer-Bradley Bill is a prime example of proposed laws that will reduce the number...

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... proven to be innocent, and therefore murdered. There is no way of knowing how many other innocent lives have been lost due to capital punishment. The Salem Witch Trials are a prime example of this. Twenty people were executed for practicing witchcraft, and the methods used to prove this were very unreliable. The colony even later realized the mistake they had made ... people on federal death row as in 2001, 81% were black or Hispanic. From 1995 to 2000, federal prosecutors sought the death penalty for 183 defendants; 74% were minorities. These numbers do not necessarily mean that minori...

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