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On March30, 1981 ronald reagan, while leaving a speaking engagement got shot in the lung by john hinckley, jr. on june 8th, 1981 a community in IL banned the possession and sale of handguns.
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On Jan 17, 1986 a man named patrick purdy who was 26 went to cleveland elementary school in stockton california with an AK-47 assult rifle. he killed 5 children and 1 teacher. California banned assult weapons.
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On April 20, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went to columbine high school (the school they went to) and killed 12 students and 1 teacher, afterwards they committed suicide. on march 17, 2000 smith and wesson finally signed the lawsuits filed against them.
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On April 16, 2007 Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 at the Virginia Tech university campus. on jan 8, 2008 George Bush signes the NCIS improvement act of 2007 making sure that guns stay out of the hands of people with a history of mental illness
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18 people were killed during a meeting at a supermarket parking lot. 13 were injured. on plril 8th they passed a law allowing people to carry fire arms while walking or driving.
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Eduardo Secion entered an ihop at carson city and shot at 12 people killing 5.
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Trayvon Martin gets shot and killed by neighborhood watch. because of this florida debates the stand your ground law.
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Ian Stawicki killed 5 people at Cafe Racer Espresso in seattle. he killed himself afterwards.
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A 24 year old named James Holmes went to the midnight showing of the new Batman move in colorado. He through gas and then killed 12 people and leaving 59 wounded. after the shooting people wanted to ban assult rifles.
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A 20 year old named Adam Lanza shot 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook elementary school. Because of this people want changes in gun control.
