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ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Deanne Fitzmaurice for ProPublica How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives By failing to talk about the majority of gun murder victims — black men — politicians and advocates are missing the chance to save lives. by Lois Beckett, ProPublica

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Gun control (or firearms regulation) refers to laws or policies that regulate within a jurisdiction the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearm s by civilians. The main purpose of gun control is to regulate who in a jurisdiction is to have access to a firearm, and to attempt to prevent