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Political Partisanship And Female High School Students Who Carry Handguns, Trenton Cameron, Wayne L. Davis
Political Partisanship And Female High School Students Who Carry Handguns, Trenton Cameron, Wayne L. Davis
Lincoln Memorial University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
The United States is a gun culture nation, and gun violence is a serious problem. Because there are more than 280 million guns in America with over 65 million handguns in circulation, the Republicans believe that there are too many guns in America to prevent criminals from illegally obtaining them. In addition, only law-abiding residents will honor gun-control laws. As a result, law-abiding residents will become defenseless, which will promote crime. Democrats, on the other hand, believe that the gun-related crime problem will never be solved until actions are taken to eliminate the availability of handguns. After all, it is …