10-19-2015, 01:15 PM
I'd like to see current comprehensive research regarding gun violence in America and some solid solution proposals.
I think a national gun license for gun owners, more in-depth background checks for gun purchases, and some restrictions on certain types of firearms/ammo will probably be needed, along with more aggressive gun law enforcement and penalties.
Personally, I don't believe introducing all kids to gun handling in schools would solve any problems, just the opposite. If parents want to introduce their kids to guns, they should be required to provide safety training, lock their guns, and store their guns at their own expense. If they fail to do so, they should be prosecuted.
I could see some storage devices being provided free with initial implementation of any new safety storage laws for a certain period of time, however. Gun locks are already provided free of charge by a number of sources in order to help protect children from irresponsible gun-owning adults.
In today's related news:
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the core provisions of two gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut after the 2012 mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School that banned possession of semiautomatic assault weapons.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld the bans on semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines, but struck down a New York provision regulating load limits and a Connecticut prohibition on the non-semiautomatic Remington 7615.
New York and Connecticut's gun control measures, among the strictest in the nation, were signed into law after a gunman killed 26 children and staff at the school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
The Newtown shooting revived a national debate on gun control. At the time, President Barack Obama launched an aggressive gun control push but his efforts largely failed in Congress.
The appeals court, in upholding the provisions, ruled against coalitions that included firearms dealers, sports shooters and gun owners who claimed the mandates infringed on their Second Amendment rights to possess firearms in self-defense.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/1...NA20151019
I think a national gun license for gun owners, more in-depth background checks for gun purchases, and some restrictions on certain types of firearms/ammo will probably be needed, along with more aggressive gun law enforcement and penalties.
Personally, I don't believe introducing all kids to gun handling in schools would solve any problems, just the opposite. If parents want to introduce their kids to guns, they should be required to provide safety training, lock their guns, and store their guns at their own expense. If they fail to do so, they should be prosecuted.
I could see some storage devices being provided free with initial implementation of any new safety storage laws for a certain period of time, however. Gun locks are already provided free of charge by a number of sources in order to help protect children from irresponsible gun-owning adults.
In today's related news:
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the core provisions of two gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut after the 2012 mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School that banned possession of semiautomatic assault weapons.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld the bans on semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines, but struck down a New York provision regulating load limits and a Connecticut prohibition on the non-semiautomatic Remington 7615.
New York and Connecticut's gun control measures, among the strictest in the nation, were signed into law after a gunman killed 26 children and staff at the school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
The Newtown shooting revived a national debate on gun control. At the time, President Barack Obama launched an aggressive gun control push but his efforts largely failed in Congress.
The appeals court, in upholding the provisions, ruled against coalitions that included firearms dealers, sports shooters and gun owners who claimed the mandates infringed on their Second Amendment rights to possess firearms in self-defense.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/1...NA20151019