Gun Control - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org
WEBAug 3, 2023 · A majority of adults, including gun owners, support common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assault weapons, and bans on high-capacity magazines. According to a Feb. 20, 2018 Quinnipiac Poll, 97% of American voters and 97% of gun owners support universal background checks. 67% support a nationwide ban on assault weapons, and ...
Gun Control, Explained - The New York Times
WEBJan 26, 2023 · Is gun control effective? What gun control measures exist at the federal level? What are gun buyback programs and do they work? Where does the U.S. public stand on the issue?
12 gun control statistics to help inform the debate : NPR
WEBMay 27, 2022 · The nationwide gun control debate resurfaced on Tuesday, after an 18-year-old shooter entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 students and two adults in the second...
Gun control | Laws, Debate, Pros, Cons, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 8, 2024 · Gun control, politics, legislation, and enforcement of measures intended to restrict access to, the possession of, or the use of arms. Debates over such measures often center on whether regulations are an undue restriction on liberty and whether there is a correlation between guns and crime.
In gun debate, both sides have evidence to back them up - The …
WEBApr 1, 2021 · Gun control is back in the U.S. political debate, in the wake of mass shootings in California, Boulder and Atlanta. Democrats see stricter gun control as a step toward addressing the problem.
Key facts about Americans and guns | Pew Research Center
WEBJul 24, 2024 · Guns are deeply ingrained in American society and the nation’s political debates. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, and about a third of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun.
What comes next for US gun control? - BBC
WEBJul 14, 2022 · Here's a look at some solutions that gun-control advocates and gun-rights proponents say could help stop escalating gun violence - and our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher assesses...
Texas shooting: America's gun control debate that never goes away - BBC
WEBMay 25, 2022 · Stricter gun control in the US is unlikely despite the grief and anger, the BBC's Sarah Smith writes.
A Look at the Fight for Gun Control Since the Uvalde Shooting
WEBMay 24, 2023 · In a country already raw with anger over gun policy, the new law from Congress and the sweeping decision by the Supreme Court only intensified the national fight over guns, spurring fresh legal...
As mass shootings rise, some senators are recanting their gun debate ...
WEBDec 27, 2023 · After a decade of mass killings and surging AR-15 sales, four current and three former senators recant some or all of their 2013 positions on restricting assault weapons in emotional interviews ...
Skip to content