40,000 people die due to gun violence every year in the United States. That is 4.5 times more than the next high-income country per capita. This is atrocious.

If you have a gun in your home you are 4x more likely to injure yourself than you are to use it in self-defense. Not to mention that you become 3x more likely to commit suicide than you normally would. Thus, owning a gun puts you in more danger than you would normally be in

What this means is that the Supreme Court interpreted the Second Amendment as a right for those in militias not for everyone(this has been overturned in DoC v. Heller) and Congress can regulate guns as long as they can prove that they aren't necessary for militias.

In 1937 the first Supreme Court decision, that interperates the second amendment and still has jurisprudence, was handed down. This was US v. Miller, and it basically said that short barrel shotguns anen't necessary for the preservation of malitias.

The first major piece of federal gun legislation(Other than the 2nd Amendment) came in 1934 as part of FDR's new deal. This was the National Firearms Act(NFA). This law placed a heavy tax on the manufacture, transport, and sale of certain guns(the ones used by the mafia).

Hoping my Christmas present this year is going to be new gun legislation because nothing major has passed in many years

(3/3)Not after JFK, MLK, and RFK were all assassinated. However, modern gun control is not the outright bans of the 1700s or the racist laws of the 60s, but they come as a reaction to the 42k gun deaths so far this year, and they specifically target the mentally ill and criminals

(2/3)1967 Ronald Reagan(as governor of CA) signed into law the Mulford Act which specifically targeted the Black Panther Party. This evidenced America's mood because gun control only started picking up steam after the Black Panthers started carrying arms.

(1/3)The history of gun control is very different from what is happening now. In the past, they were used by the British to disarm Americans, and then by white Americans to disarm Natives and African-Americans by banning their ownership of and ability to repair guns

(1/3)If you ever consider buying a gun please keep this in mind and know that doing so puts you and your family at risk as well as protecting them.

(2/3)You can see this because the United States has the highest number of suicides per capita in the world and the most guns per capita. If you look at the general trend among other countries, those with more guns have more suicides and vice versa.

(1/3)If you are wondering how a gun buyback program would reduce the number of suicides with a gun every year. Well, just having a gun in your home increases the risk of committing suicide by 300% so getting people to give of their firearms reduces the number of gun deaths

The best way to honor them—the only way that really matters—is to fight this epidemic of gun violence and prevent even more senseless death and suffering. We can, and must, do more.

Nine years ago was one of the darkest days of my presidency. Today we remember the children and adults who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, and the families who have endured so much grief.

2021 has been an incredibly deadly year for gun violence, with more than 42,000 people killed in the U.S. so far. And now, some people whose lives have been changed by gun violence are taking the step of running for public office.

The gun show loophole allows people to purchase guns from gun shows and non-federally licensed dealers without the need of a background check allowing people, with a criminal record or who otherwise would be unable, to purchase firearms.

However, there are some things that everyone can agree on like preventing people with mental illnesses from obtaining guns(87%), closing the gun show loophole(81%), and requiring people to have concealed carry licenses(80%).

Everyone talks about how this issue is very polarized but that's not entirely true. The issue, on the whole, is very partisan but if you get into the nitty-gritty you see something else. Everyone has a different opinion.

Because of Mexico’s Draconian gun laws, hundreds of thousands of firearms are smuggled in every year from the US alone. However, there are many other partial and full solutions that circumvent this problem.

Outright gun bans are a terrible idea and anyone who proposes them lacks creativity. As soon as you ban guns it becomes economically viable to smuggle in vast amounts like what's happening in Mexico.

If you want to learn more about this subject than I could possibly tell you, check out the book Living With Guns a liberal's case for the Second Amendment by Craig Whitney.