10 Big Questions in the U.S.

Gun Control Debate

Start the Countdown

Participants with One Million Moms for Gun Control,

a gun control group formed in the wake of the 2012
massacre at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school,
attend a rally and march across the Brooklyn Bridge

How Many Guns Are in the U.S.?

Gun enthusiasts explore products displayed on the

exhibition floor at the National Rifle Association of
America's annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., 2008.

What Does the Second Amendment

Say?

Second Amendment activist Joseph Gabriele of Littleton,

Colo. gathers with other activists in support of gun
ownership in Denver, 2013.

Is the U.S. Gun Homicide Rate Really That High?

Forensic personnel examine the corpse of a police officer murdered

presumably by gangsters to steal his handgun, in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras on December 5, 2012. At least 102 policemen have been
murdered during the last two years in Honduras

Are There Countries With as Many

Guns as the U.S. but Less Crime?

What's a Semi-automatic
Gun?

A man fires an SKS semi-automatic rifle June 3, 2012 at

the St. Croix Rod and Gun Club in Hudson, Wisc.

How Often Do Gun Owners Actually

Prevent Crimes?

Every person's nightmare: Being held up at gun point. Gun

rights advocates say self-defense is a big reason why America
needs a liberal policy on owning guns.

How Often Are People Killed by Guns

That They or Family Members Own?

Mourners look upon the casket containing the body of 19-month-old

Suzie Marie Pena who was shot to death by police as her father held
her while shooting at SWAT officers during a 2 1/2-hour standoff in
the Los Angeles community of Watts

Did the Federal Ban on Assault

Weapons Affect Crime?

Paul Murray, manager of Shooters USA target range displays an ad for

high-capacity magazines on September 11, 2004. Once the Assault
Weapons Ban expired at midnight September 13, it would be legal for
non-law enforcement people to buy them.

Do States With Strict Gun Control

Laws Have Less Gun Violence?

Some of the 125 weapons confiscated during what the federal

authorities say was the largest gang takedown in U. S. history.
Scores of alleged gang members and associates were arrested on
federal racketeering and drug-trafficking charges in 2009.

Has American Public Opinion Shifted

on Gun Control, Over Time?

Gang interventionist Reverend Bell (L), and Danielle Lewis (C),

mother of murdered junior football star (who was mistaken for a
rival gang member), stand at the South Central Los Angeles location
of his death holding up peace messages