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'''Gun control''' is the regulation of [[gun]] ownership and the right to carry, conceal, or use [[firearm]]s by governments. Such measures can range from a total prohibition on civilian ownership and possession of firearms and ammunition to specific restrictions on certain firearm features, "waiting periods" for gun purchases, licensing of gun owners, registration of firearms, etc. Increased "gun control" is generally promoted by [[liberals]] as a remedy to [[crime]]. In fact, whether or not guns are officially controlled by the government criminals will commit crimes and a black market will exist to provide them with firearms. For instance, despite the prohibition of handgun ownership in the [[United Kingdom]], an island nation without any neighboring "gun culture" nations, handgun crime has been steadily increasing there for many years. As of 2005/06, the total deaths by shooting in the UK had increased to 50<ref>http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb0207.pdf</ref>, however it should be noted that this figure has dropped to it's lowest rate in the last five years <ref>http://www.gun-control-network.org/GF05.htm<ref>. this is compared to an unchrisitian 11,350 in 2005 in the USA.<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html</ref>

compared to an unchrisitian 11,350 in 2005 in the USA<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html</ref>