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@katiecouric : 🚨PART 2🚨 •Currently, 18 states plus Washington DC have addressed this loophole by requiring waiting periods or similar measures. •States with the strictest gun laws like California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York have among the lowest rates of gun-related deaths. •Only 8 states have banned automatic weapons. •Legislation in California banned possession of large-capacity magazines through proposition 63 in 2016 but the NRA has held up implementation by challenging it in court, and the Thousand Oaks shooter used one, thanks for NRA interference in voter will. •Americans make up just over 4 percent of the global population, but own 42 percent of guns worldwide. •The United States has the weakest gun laws in the developed world. •After mass shootings in Britain and Australia, (31 and 22 years ago respectively) sweeping regulations followed which significantly reduced gun violence. •While mass shootings get the most amount of attention, nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths in the US are suicides: an average of 59 deaths a day. •Over the past decade, the US firearm suicide rate has increased by 19%. •States with the highest rates of gun ownership have four times as many suicides involving a firearm which is almost always lethal. (People who attempt suicide through other means are often unsuccessful and get help) •While mental illness is a problem and can contribute to suicides and mass shootings, experts believe that it is the easy access to firearms that sets the U.S. apart; while mental illness exists in other countries, the number of deaths from gun violence per capita is dramatically higher in the U.S. #guncontrol