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# Firearm Debate in America Focuses on Freedom and Safety
- URL: https://ivn.us/american-sentiment-about-firearms-a-matter-of-safety-or-freedom/
- Published: 2013-01-06T20:00:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:38:02.000Z
- Author: Terri Harel
- Tags: News

Visual.ly and SurveyMonkey team up to bring us this interesting infographic about Americans and firearms. Recent national tragedies like the Aurora, Colorado theatre shooting and the Sandy Hook shooting have reinitiated national debate about [gun control](https://ivn.us/2012/12/16/twitter-calls-on-president-obama-to-act-on-gun-control/), the true meaning of the [Fourth Amendment](https://ivn.us/2012/12/17/gun-violence-in-america-evaluating-the-status-quo/), and [mental health](https://ivn.us/2013/01/03/mental-health-and-media-continue-unspoken-factors-in-gun-debate/) in America.

![America & Firearms: Split over Ownership or United Over Safety?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/america--firearms-split-over-ownership-or--united-over-safety_50d364b7773b8_w587.jpg)

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