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On December 7, 1993, Colin Ferguson marched up the aisle of a crowded, evening rush hour Long Island Railroad car, shooting the passengers as the train pulled into the Merillion Avenue station. When he was finished, six were dead and 19 were injured. Ferguson was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences - about 200 years of prison time. The families of those who died and were wounded never had an answer why it happened. Gun violence like this, claims …

…could dramatically decrease the amount of killings and crime rate in this country. Gun control laws are negligent and ineffective. Americans should depend on gun control and themselves if they want to lower the homicide rate. However, it will never happen if the current laws are left alone. Open up to the fact the tens of thousands of people are killed each year in America. Gun violence won't stop without the people's help and support.