Gun control is a publicity stunt

I began reading this article from the Guardian: Why does America lose it's head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths? Initially, I thought the author offered some valid points about America's over-reaction to terror threats, but then the author took a wrong yet predictable turn about how we as a nation should be responding to the daily gun deaths. Gun control in the form of background checks and regulation of military assault weapons is nothing less than a publicity stunt. The crime statistics do nothing to support this legislative solution.

Here are some of the statistics that I uncovered in my research:

• 96% of guns used in cri
• 57% of guns used in crimes are obtained illegaly from "crooked" gun dealers who list them as "missing firearms." (Approximately 1.2% of gun dealers are "crooked.")
• The ATF only has 1,800 agents to audit 770,000 dealers.
• 96% of guns used in crimes are illegally obtained.

Solutions: Focus on illegal gun dealers; Increase penalties for illegally obtained guns; Focus on decreasing youths involved in criminal activity.