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From 18 deaths that occurred in the massacre at the elementary school in Sandy Hook, in Connecticut, on 14 from December to 2012, does 14 years, at least a dozen schools have been the scene of mass shootings, according to a database maintained by USA TODAY, The Associated Press and Northwestern University, but the influence of those who promote the gun control has increased
Congress passed the first federal law on weapons safety in 29 years in June to reinforce verifications of background checks and offer “red flag” grants to states that allow families and police to try to keep guns out of the reach of potential people. become dangerous before they commit violent acts.
At the state level, “significant laws” have been adopted 600 gun safety” in the decade since Sandy Hook, according to a report by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the advocacy group led by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, of Arizona, who survived a shooting in January of 2012.
“Almost all the states of the nation have passed at least one major gun safety law since Sandy Hook,” according to the report.
The report found that 21 states passed community violence intervention laws, 37 states adopted domestic violence bans, 18 states adopted protection measures of “ba red flag” and 20 states tightened background checks. In addition, 10 states have passed laws that make it harder children and youth’s access to firearms.
Giffords’ report ranked states on firearms laws from the toughest to the most lenient and discovered that, of 2012 to 2012, firearm deaths “increased by 60% in the five states with the weakest gun laws”, but only 7% in the five states with the strictest gun laws.
Difficulties in advancing gun control
Gun safety advocates face major obstacles to achieving other goals such as banning semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. A recently passed House bill to ban what advocates call “weapons of war” has no prospect of passing the Senate.
The structure of the Senate is an obstacle, with a rule of 60 votes for pass most bills and disproportionate voting power for smaller, rural states with a gun culture.
Republicans just won control of the House of Representatives and will almost certainly not pass stricter gun control laws in the future foreseeable.
And the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court has taken an expansive view of the Second Amendment, ruling in June that the Constitution grants the right to carry a weapon outside the home.
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