Second Amendment zealots say that people, not guns, kill people. But when a nation has more guns than people – 393 million guns and 326 million people – the prevalence of guns is going to lead to the demise of people through intentional shootings, accidents or suicides. The toll is more than 110 people every day, including five deaths per day in North Carolina.
How it got this way is a complicated story about muskets, militias, the National Rifle Association and members of Congress who value campaign contributions over their constituents’ lives.
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