I think that is exactly what has happened. We debated how to fix it after Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Uvalde. Here we are after Covenant.
I have no idea why or when gun laws became so politicized. The driving principle in enacting legislation should be common sense and a wish to protect public safety.
I know. I've long held the opinion lobbyist $$$ should be illegal.
NRa is classified as a Social Welfare Organization. Insane, eh?
Does this include suicides? I feel that good number of people who commit suicide would find another way of doing it if a gun was not available. That throws the numbers way off in my opinion.You can google mass shootings for each state. Montana has had 3 over the 4 year period 2015-2019. The population in 2019 was around 880,000. Wyoming had only 1 during that same period (but only 550,000 people, so..)
It's definitely a more pronounced problem in the more urban areas of the more urban states. Alaska's homicide rate is just about at the national average (nothing to brag about if one is from, say, Japan).
Alaska had one of the earlier school shootings (1997):
1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
That was before Columbine.
North Dakota certainly "wins" in terms of zero mass shootings (but its death by gun homicide is above the national average by just a little).
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Overall deaths by guns in Alaska are among the highest rates in the US.
IMO.
So your in favor of waiting periods and background checks. I don't think those work very well myself.
Are you saying that the only way to prevent school shootings is gun confiscation?
Even if you win this ,you still allow the same mentally ill people to school your children ,unless you send them to private school.
Gun control is politicized because both sides use it against each other to gain votes.
giffords.org
What is the definition of an assault rifle/weapon?"An analysis of public mass shootings resulting in four or more deaths found that more than 85% of such fatalities were caused by assault rifles"
"67% of Americans—<modsnip: Politicizing>—support a ban on assault weapons"
"While the federal assault weapons ban was in effect, mass shooting fatalities were 70% less likely to occur"
"In 1994, Congress adopted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which made it generally “unlawful for a person to manufacture, transfer, or possess” a semiautomatic assault weapon. The law was adopted with a sunset clause, however, and expired in 2004, despite overwhelming public support for its renewal"
"Though the US House of Representatives passed legislation in 2022 to renew and strengthen this assault weapons law, that legislation has not passed the US Senate and there is currently no federal law restricting the sale, manufacture, or possession of assault weapons."
Assault Weapons
Assault weapons enable shooters to fire quickly and repeatedly. Banning them can help prevent mass shootings.
These are easy to buy and you can skip the background check and buy from a private seller."An analysis of public mass shootings resulting in four or more deaths found that more than 85% of such fatalities were caused by assault rifles"
"67% of Americans— <modsnip> —support a ban on assault weapons"
"While the federal assault weapons ban was in effect, mass shooting fatalities were 70% less likely to occur"
"In 1994, Congress adopted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which made it generally “unlawful for a person to manufacture, transfer, or possess” a semiautomatic assault weapon. The law was adopted with a sunset clause, however, and expired in 2004, despite overwhelming public support for its renewal"
"Though the US House of Representatives passed legislation in 2022 to renew and strengthen this assault weapons law, that legislation has not passed the US Senate and there is currently no federal law restricting the sale, manufacture, or possession of assault weapons."
Assault Weapons
Assault weapons enable shooters to fire quickly and repeatedly. Banning them can help prevent mass shootings.
Pretty vague. What are the exact features that define an assault rifle?
I can't do that legally. I'm not allowed to buy ammo legally unless I submit to a background check.
Not sure what you mean.
So banning and the confiscation of assault weapons, what ever that is, is just the start.
