Guns: killing or saving? America's gun problem

Part 2 What are the arguments against gun control? 
 The arguments come down to principle, law and practicality. 
 Gun rights advocates see weapon possession as a matter of individual rights. They say that people have the right to arm themselves for hunting, self-defence, sport – or just because they want to. 
 Legally, the debates often come down to the Second Amendment, whose 18th-century context and language have been endlessly parsed and debated: “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Gun rights advocates say that means an individual right to gun possession, while gun control advocates say it means the people’s collective right, through a militia. 
 For generations, the Supreme Court avoided directly answering the question, though its decisions were often seen as favouring the collective interpretation. But in 2008, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time , in a ...

Which guns are America's favourites?  It's a tough list to quantify, but CBSNews.com has compiled government and retail statistics to create an informal snapshot.  Specifically, we've cross-referenced the most recent annual report from the f irearms with a June 2016 ranking of the best-selling new guns on GunBroker.com , the world's largest online auction site for firearms. We've broken out the most popular guns by category and name, starting with pistols. Most manufactured: Pistols Pistols - semi-automatic handguns with magazines that slide into their grips -- are the most manufactured category of American firearm. According to the ATF, more than 3.6 million were produced in 2014.  Number 5 - Glock G19 The Glock G19, a 9mm, was the fifth most popular pistol in June 2016. Jared Lee Loughner used a 9mm Glock to kill six people and injure others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in January 2011. Number 4 - Sig Sauer P938 In Ju...

Part 1 Gun control what is it? “Gun control” is a broad term that covers any sort of restriction on what kinds of firearms can be sold and bought, who can possess or sell them, where and how they can be stored or carried, what duties a seller has to vet a buyer, and what obligations both the buyer and the seller have to report transactions to the government.                                    Sometimes, the term is also used to cover related matters, like limits on types of ammunition and magazines, or technology, like the type that allows guns to fire only when gripped by their owners. In recent years, gun control debates have focused primarily on background checks for buyers, allowing people to carry weapons in public, and whether to allow the possession of assault rifles. What is the state of ...