Guns increase violence and homicide in our country. This is a fact.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/hicrc/firearms-research/guns-and-de...
As a country we've had to experience multiple mass-shooting tragedies over the last year, and we regularly deal with the threat of gun violence practically everywhere. Today, in Newtown, Connecticut, 18 children were killed. This must stop.
We should aim to greatly reduce the number of firearms owned by private citizens in our country. We should think in terms of modern, realistic goals to improve the safety of everyone.
Ideas include:
- Mandatory pre-purchase mental health checks.
- A ban on all automatic weapons.
- Greatly increased restrictions on all concealable firearms.
- Greater restrictions on the availability of ammunition.