"The Strongest Evidence We Have that Background Checks Really Matter"

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5. Bloodshed and murder on the streets

is the goal of the NRA, ALEC, and the Koch Brothers in order to scare the Second Amendment absolutists into buying more guns, and voting against their own best interests.

Their acolytes use the argument, "but the crime rate is falling" as an excuse to justify the fact that guns are involved in a large percentage of homicides. They neglect to cite the reasons for the falling crime rate, which are mainly increased police communications and methods, the fall of the cocaine industry, faster emergency medical response, and an aging population. Guns remain as a critical health issue, right up there with automobile deaths (which are declining due to increased safety regulations, and stiffer penalties). Gun deaths are forecast to out pace automobile deaths in just a few short years.

So, don't count on the gun extremists to join in the effort to reduce the obscene level of gun violence in this nation (highest by far of all civilized countries). It would not be in their best financial interests.