CRIMINALS can buy guns at gun shows WITHOUT background checks in 33 states What?!  That’s right - due to the Gun Show Loophole, criminals, domestic abusers and those with mental health issues can legally buy guns, including handguns and assault rifles, without undergoing background checks. A staggering 40% of gun sales nationwide take place without a criminal background check.

The gun lobby (led by the NRA) has given over $21 million to Congress since 1990, 86% of it to Republicans1 They try to convince Americans that access to guns equals more freedom.   Could it be that the gun industry has an ulterior motive to push for less gun control?  Maybe the fact that they make millions of dollars each year through the sale of firearms?

9 children die from gun violence EVERY DAY2 Along with 75 adult Americans.  That means a person dies from gun violence every 17 minutes in America.  Yes, people kill people, but without easy access to guns it would be a lot harder.

1. Since 1990, the gun rights lobby, lead by the NRA, has given $21,490,804 to Congress in individual, PAC, and soft money contributions. During the same period, gun control advocates have given only $1,794,211 (Source: OpenSecrets.org, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=Q13, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=Q12).

2. 3,184 children and teens were killed by guns in 2006 (Source: Children's Defense Fund 2009 report, "Protect Children Not Guns," http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/protect-children-not-guns-report-2009.pdf).