I don't give a rat's a$$ which party solves the problem, I just want someone to stop pointing fingers and causing stupid political reactions. The NRA, if it wants to help, needs to get rid of LaPierre and stop trying to get people to play Army or Cowboy. The Rap industry (I won't call it a 'community' has a helluva lot to answer for by glorifying Gansta Life, gangs and drug dealing still cause a lot of deaths and then, we also have many domestic violence incidents (police often call it 'boy/girl trouble'), arguments between people who know each other and family squabbles that escalate needlessly. Those don't even get into the mental health problem, but they may be related.
The idea that a good guy with a gun is the only way to solve this is wrong in verbiage, but the theory is polluted by the use of 'only' and I think we know where this comes from- NRA, preppers and hard-right wannabes.
The political BS needs to stop. If the Democrats and Republicans in Congress can't agree on some sensible way to solve this, we need new politicians. Neither side is helping, they both care more about their party than the problems. Any thoughts that making guns harder to buy are completely ignoring the fact that criminals don't give a damn about what's illegal- they're going to do what they want and it seems that many don't even consider the possibility of consequences.
The newest legislation has a section that deals with the 'boyfriend loophole' (explained in the link) and that should help, a bit but people securing their guns would help more, if the gross numbers are considered. The number of guns stolen annually is in the tens of thousands.
When President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun bill into law, he expanded protections for people who are at risk at th
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