Poll: Are Gun Laws Tough Enough?

A gunman shot and killed 26 people including 20 children in a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

A gunman opened fire this week at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. killing 26 people including 20 children. Although gun enthusiasts bristle at the idea that gun control should be part of any discussion in the wake of such a tragedy, the fact is guns were the means by which this horrific act was committed. Since 1982 most mass shootings have been done with weapons that were obtained legally, Mother Jones reported. A vast array of weapons were used, but semi-automatic handguns were involved most often. The magazine's report found that on average there were two mass shootings a year since 1982, however, 24 of the 61 cases it examined happened since 2006. The number of guns owned in the U.S. rose from 200 million to 300 million between …

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