Word: faithfully
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...even some less biased observers wonder whether most kinds of gun control may not do more harm than good. Gary Kleck, a professor at Florida State University, is author of Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America and a onetime supporter of broad gun control who lost the faith. His study of 4,798 homes across the nation convinced him that guns prevented more crimes than they furthered. "Since the majority of people who own handguns are responsible, law-abiding citizens," says Kleck, "you end up regulating those people instead of the small percentage of people who commit most crimes...
...much as they may dream of an innocent and gun-free state of nature, the majority of Americans have only limited faith in gun control. A complete ban, many fear, would leave them defenseless against criminals who will always be able to buy a gun on the black market. Less than half of all Americans -- down from 68% since just last March -- believe that stricter gun control would have any impact on violent crime. "There is absolutely no way the legislation is going to stop the bad guys from getting guns," argues Sergeant Robin Cook, a 14-year veteran...
Among the most ardent are thousands of Americans, many of whom have found solace for the dislocation that plagued them in the U.S. in the uncompromising faith of the settler movement. Virtually all the hard-liners consider the September agreement to be the first step toward a de facto dismantling of the 144 Jewish towns built in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the 1967 Six-Day War. And nearly all of them are armed to the teeth: an estimated 30,000 own rifles and handguns, and several settlements boast depots stocked with mines and hand grenades...
...spite of revelations about the increasing pathology of the family, escalating rates of divorce and statistics which confirm that the median duration of marriage is a mere 7.1 years, couples continue to take that leap of faith. More than seventy percent of the population from 18-55 years old is married...
These (admittedly unrepresentative) mini-tableaux provide an accounting of much of American history as well as contemporary snapshots. Beyond that, they also provide the underlying reason for the enduring need to make a public, legal affirmation which a wedding ceremony provides--our faith in new beginnings...