Gun control can reduce mass shooting incidents
During the same 12-year time period, the United States recorded 406,496 deaths by gun violence (as recorded by the Centers for Disease Control, which included data on all manner of death by guns, including homicide, accident and suicide).
A police search found another seven weapons inside the apartment of the shooter Christopher Harper-Mercer who was a student at the Umpqua Community College where the shooting took place. The turning point in Australia was in April 1996 when a man armed with semiautomatic weapons killed 35 people and wounded 23 in Port Arthur, Tasmania.
Major gun laws hasn t been allowed for ever since means missed later after the Sandy Hook classes taking pictures.
The White House’s failed push for gun control legislation after the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, shooting – in which 20 children and six adults were killed at an elementary school – deeply frustrated Obama.
According to KGW.com, Kellim’s gun store-KC’s Exchange-is in her home, where it is contained in one room.
A few southwest Oregon gun owners say they’re anxious that the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg will spur lawmakers to pass more gun laws.
Meanwhile, America’s biggest gun-rights lobbying group, the National Rifle Association, has not commented officially yet on the Oregon tragedy or the political firestorm it rekindled.
“You just have to, for a while, be a single-issue voter, because that’s what is happening on the other side”, Obama said.
“It’s not a gun issue, it is a mental health issue”, said Duke. He said other nations also have mentally ill residents who want to harm others, but the United States is alone in the sheer depth of the problem.
Guns, jewelry and guitars may not immediately seem the most obvious items to sell together in one shop.
“I know there is a way to have sensible gun control measures that help prevent violence, prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands and save lives”, said Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“Most of your mass killings are done in gun-free zones, but they’re not doing anything to change any of that”, said Smith.
“It s a ploy to disarm us, that s all that is”, he said.
In a twist that caught our attention, Obama placed a few of the blame for the seemingly inexorable series of shootings on the news media. While I think people have a right to own a gun as long as they are fit to, it should not be an easy thing to do. They shouldn’t need bulletproof book bags or clothing.