Sentences with phrase «number of guns»

Why do we have the highest rate of poverty, the largest percentage of the population without health insurance, and the greatest number of gun deaths among any of the advanced industrial nations?

With the vast number of gun shootings happening across the country, schools have been faced with uncertainty with how to respond.

These events leave us all numb and I guess the next step we need to take is following trajic events up with some type of «Gun» control in a society screaming for legislators to take an interest in getting a handle on number of guns in our society.

Although a lower percentage of the U.S. adult population owns them, those who do own several; the average number of guns per owner is up from 4.1 per person in 1994 to 6.9 in 2004.

Transportation Security Administration found a record high number of guns in carry - ons in 2015 — 20 percent more than they found in 2014.

Today's research was released at the start of the Police Federation's annual conference, and chairwoman Jan Berry said they revealed the need for more firearms officers to deal with the increasing number of gun crimes reported each year.

Luckily, he notes, the limited number of guns in Canada will probably make any crisis safer here than south of the border.

«They must ensure there are sufficient numbers of authorised firearms officers to call upon, to deal with the increasing number of gun crimes reported each year and I urge the new home secretary to hold chief officers to account on this.»

Clinton said Monday that Sanders» argument that he represents a gun - friendly state holds little water because the «highest per capita number of guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from Vermont.»

Japan, for example, has very few guns and very few gun deaths — just 11 in the entire country during 2008 — but on the other hand, there's Switzerland, which has almost as many guns per capita as the U.S. but a very low number of gun deaths.

Tim Guns are in kids» hands because there are incredible numbers of guns around for them to buy from somebody, steal, and otherwise get their hands on.

You've produced a healthy number of gun - owning, brain - washed lemmings willing to hate just because you told them to!

«There is no question that when you have 700,000 stops or more that are almost all concentrated, targeted on men of color that have yielded an insignificant number of guns, your program is off - track,» she said.

In fact, the modal number of guns in households in the U.S. could actually be 0, much as with many other countries, throwing the causal logic of many explanations of gun violence into question.

«Can buy unlimited number of guns,» the senators were reassured.

We will sign you up for a duplicate when you appear at the Pistol Permit Department with a list of your guns which includes the make, caliber and serial number of each gun.

They bickered about guns and Clinton's contention that on a per - capita basis, Vermont supplies a disproportionate number of guns used in New York crimes (a line of attack she previewed behind closed doors in Albany).

They ask: «We know in this [post — Sandy Hook] period an exceptional number of guns were added to those already in circulation; did anything unusual happen?

The 24 - hour news cycle keeps us on the brink of hysteria with tales of terrorists, pizza parlor pedophilia rings, the imminent imposition of Sharia law on our nation, ISIS, climate change, and America's horrific number of gun deaths.

Though Chicago has a higher number of gun deaths than any other major city, the number of deaths per capita is notably lower than in other cities because of Chicago's large population.

At a news conference in Mineola, sponsor Ellen Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) cited the increasing number of guns reported missing or stolen in the county.

The US has by far the highest number of guns in the world: According to a 2007 estimate, the number of civilian - owned firearms in the US was 88.8 guns per 100 people, meaning there was almost one privately owned gun per American and more than one per American adult.

Compared with the US, Norway has about one - third of the number of guns per 100 civilians — and about one - tenth of the rate of gun deaths per 100,000 people.

This chart, based on data compiled by researcher Josh Tewksbury, shows the correlation between the number of guns and gun deaths among wealthier nations:

The only way we're going to deal with this effectively is to decrease the number of guns,» Kirk said.

To deal with its problem, America will have to not only make guns less accessible, but likely reduce the number of guns in the US as well.

If America wants to confront its gun violence problem, then, the research suggests it should look to reducing the number of guns in circulation — not putting more armed people into schools.

(This is much further than bills typically proposed in the US, which almost never make a serious attempt to immediately reduce the number of guns in the country.)

In 2012, the number of guns made in the United States totaled 8.5 million, more than double the 3.3 million that were produced a decade earlier.

We could limit the number of guns you can buy in one month, just like we limit the amount of certain cold medicines you can buy in one month.

That policy not only cut the number of guns in circulation but, based on the research, may have cut the firearm homicide and suicide rates too.

If the fundamental problem is that America has far too many guns, then policies need to cut the number of guns in circulation right now to seriously reduce the number of gun deaths.

This chart, based on data from researcher Josh Tewksbury, shows the correlation between the number of guns and gun deaths among wealthier nations:

This chart, based on data compiled by researcher Josh Tewksbury, shows the correlation between the number of guns and gun deaths (including homicides and suicides) among wealthier nations:

In the House, Rep. Mike Thompson (D - CA) has a filed a discharge petition for his bipartisan proposal with Rep. Peter King (R - NY)-- a congressional maneuver that could force the speaker of the House to bring up a vote on a bill that gives states resources to expand background checks system and closes a number of gun sale loopholes for guns sold online or at gun shows.

Background check data in March should give us a much better idea of how the Parkland shooting and the subsequent gun control debate affects the number of guns in American hands.

«Yes, some of us did,» they answered, and named the kinds and numbers of guns they had carried and the kinds of bags of kerosene they used for firebombing.

It is estimated that by 2015 the number of gun related deaths will exceed the number of traffic fatalities.

Laws that would limit the supply of guns for them to buy from somebody, steal, and otherwise get their hands on would limit the number of guns that they could possess.

What adults are telling kids that they don't know what they are talking about when it comes to deaths and number of guns?

This all makes the process more difficult and time consuming, which reduces the number of guns in my Country.

This reduced the number of gun suicides the next year by more than would have been expected (Australia was in the middle of a ten year drop in gun suicides).

And there's no reason to think that reducing the number of guns will have a long term effect on suicides.

Two, the number of gun suicides jumped the year after that, once people had time to replace their semiautomatics with revolvers and shotguns.

In particular, regulations can't significantly reduce the number of guns in circulation.

«This vote sends a strong signal across the country that government can take tangible steps to help reduce the number of guns on our streets and make progress toward ending the epidemic of gun violence» Stringer said in a statement.

Compared with the 10 - year period before the ban, the number of gun massacres during the ban period fell by 37 percent, and the number of people dying from gun massacres fell by 43 percent.

«The fact is that there are a lot of people that will go to southern states that have lax gun laws, purchase a number of guns and then make a very sizable profit up the iron highway, route I - 95, by selling them in New York and eventually they make their way into the streets of Syracuse,» Fitzpatrick said.

The number of guns in housing projects actually increased.