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  Gun Laws
Could I own a gun?
Why do so many people in the USA have guns?
Is it any different in the UK?
Are airguns any different?
Why have gun laws changed recently?
What do pro-gun people think?
What do anti-gun people think?

 
Hollywood actor Charlton Heston, who is a pro gun campaigner. What do pro-gun people think?
Pro-gun groups think banning guns does not and has not worked.

They say it is easy to get an illegal gun. Making hand guns illegal has removed the control that the government had over them when they were in legal, registered clubs.

They also say that in Switzerland, where every family must have a gun, gun crime is very low.


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