id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2398 Gun politics in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 19244 2239 70 Debates regarding firearm availability and gun violence in the United States have been characterized by concerns about the right to bear arms, such as found in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the responsibility of the United States government to serve the needs of its citizens and to prevent crime and deaths. In October 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on the effectiveness of gun violence prevention strategies that concluded "Evidence was insufficient to determine the effectiveness of any of these laws."[54]:14 A similar survey of firearms research by the National Academy of Sciences arrived at nearly identical conclusions in 2004.[55] In September of that year, the Assault Weapons Ban expired due to a sunset provision. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2398.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2398.txt