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Lets Ban Guns and Cars

This article compares the safety of guns and the safety of consumer vehicles. It argues that they both have similar risks for injury and death, however, cars are more regulated because of impediments from the NRA. It discusses many facts learned from our previous readings, though it goes into more depth about gun control in states like Florida and how that affects gun death averages. It argues that we’ve made such strides in regulating other dangerous activities like driving that we can do the same for guns.