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  1. the vast majority of states have had universal background checks for gun purchases from gun dealers for over 20 years.
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  2. supreme court has ruled states can regulate firearms. even back during the day of the founding fathers after the constitution was passed individuals due to a criminal background or judged feeble minded were banned from possession of weapons.
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  3. dhs and other gov't agencies routinely buy millions of rounds. its cheaper to buy in bulk when for every agent they have to fire a few thousand rounds each year in training
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  4. for those wondering about the supposed cdc study you can read it here. https://www.nap.edu/read/18319/ Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence these are the parts about self defense "Defensive use of guns by crime victims is a common occurrence, although the exact number remains disputed (Cook and Ludwig, 1996; Kleck, 2001a). Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million (Kleck, 2001a), in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008 (BJS, 2010). On the other hand, some scholars point to a radically lower estimate of only 108,000 annual defensive uses based on the National Crime Victimization Survey (Cook et al., 1997). The variation in these numbers remains a controversy in the field. The estimate of 3 million defensive uses per year is based on an extrapolation from a small number of responses taken from more than 19 national surveys. The former estimate of 108,000 is difficult to interpret because respondents were not asked specifically about defensive gun use." Protective Effects of Gun Ownership Estimates of gun use for self-defense vary widely, in part due to definitional differences for self-defensive gun use; different data sources; and questions about accuracy of data, particularly when self-reported. The NCVS has estimated 60,000 to 120,000 defensive uses of guns per year. On the basis of data from 1992 and 1994, the NCVS found 116,000 incidents (McDowall et al., 1998). Another body of research estimated annual gun use for self-defense to be much higher, up to 2.5 million incidents, suggesting that self-defense can be an important crime deterrent (Kleck and Gertz, 1995). Some studies on the association between self-defensive gun use and injury or loss to the victim have found less loss and injury when a firearm is used (Kleck, 2001b).
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