Tag: gun control

The virtually unlimited access to firearms in the U.S. simply makes it easy for a disgruntled impulse-driven person to have a killing machine an arm's-length away when the red mist descends upon him.

"Don't look away," said one advocacy group. "Rally against the NRA."

Trump may have derided sh*thole countries, but he and his ilk are exactly the people who have turned America into one.

Researchers say the state-level laws "should be reconsidered to prevent unnecessary violent deaths."

While the settlement is a notable victory for the families of Sandy Hook’s victims, it’s still unclear if it’s a game changer for gun control advocates.

“This was an absolutely preventable act of violence.”

As experts on firearm violence and firearm injury prevention, we know that active shooter events within school settings in the U.S. have increased substantially in the years running up to the pandemic.

“You’re going to see another round of ‘we can’t do anything yet, there was a tragedy’ hand-wringing, but we must end gun violence now.”

There have been 578 mass shootings so far this year, this is already significantly above the 417 mass shootings recorded in the whole of 2019.

The state should be permitted to disarm its citizens to the extent it judges necessary to protect its own strength to protect its society.