The 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings caused several states and cities to pass strict gun control measures. In response, state lawmakers in gun friendly states in the South and West passed bills that would strengthen Stand Your Ground laws and allow weapons in most public places. In 2014, 21 states passed laws that expanded the rights of gun owners allowing them to possess firearms in churches, bars, schools and college campuses. The federal government has not passed any gun control measures since the 1994 Brady Bill and 42 states now allow the possession of assault rifles. In the U.S. two-thirds of all gun deaths are suicides and in 2010 there were 19,000 firearm suicides and 11,000 firearm homicides.
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Expand self defence law and allow the carrying of weapons for personal safety but ban concealed carry and introduce strict background check and psych test law.
only gun for mentally ill
The restrictions are perfectly fine. Something like 95+% of gun crime is committed with illegally imported firearms and the majority of the other 5% is committed with stolen firearms. Gun owners are background checked every day (veterans are checked twice a day), and lose their license if they commit a crime. Many of the recent bans on firearms were banning military-exclusive weapons from public use, which caused lots of panic when people thought regular citizens could own anti-aircraft weaponry for example.
evry one should be able to have a gun over 13
No, the system they have now is fine
I am happy with the current process of purchasing a gun.
if you pass the gun test you should be able to own a gun.
No, I think we have good gun restrictions.
guns should be hot pink with Powerpuff girl stickers to reduce sales
No, the gun restrictions should be loosened greatly except for those with a criminal background or mental illnesses.
criminals do illegal things it dose not matter what restrictions you place a thief is going to steel and a murder will kill. i think people need to look at this in a different way
Leave Canada's registration laws the way they are
I have my PAL/RPAL gun license, I got it to help me peruse a career in law enforcement as I believed it would help me. I love Canada's gun laws compared to America but they could be more strict, guns should not be in the hands of civilians but only in the hands of someone with government authority like a armed guard who moves money with an armored car and Police.
The process of attaining a firearm is already strong enough. there should be less restrictions on what firearms can be purchased to licensed carriers.
Yes, unless it is an airsoft gun.
there should be no guns allowed
I think that if someone wants to get a gun, they're going to get a gun no matter what country it is so I believe any more strict laws will make it difficult for people that actually need guns to get them.
Yes, they should continue with background checks anyone with a criminal background that involved any type of weapon should have to go through psychological testing and training
Switch to the Swiss model of gun ownership.
@8QMB29J4yrs4Y
No restrictions because it's our 2nd amendment, it's our right to defend ourselves, and in case of a national emergency like another great depression or a war in our homeland, we need to use a firearm either to defend our selves or hunt animals to put food in the table
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, by uniformly requiring strict background checks and closing the gun show loophole
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, require universal background checks, close the gun show loophole, and ban all further sales of assault weapons
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, require universal background checks, close the gun show loophole, and ban all further sales of assault weapons.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, by upholding and strengthening the National Instant Background Check system (NICS) and closing the gun show loophole
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, by closing the gun show loophole and requiring strict background checks
@8TQHNB44yrs4Y
close gun show loophole, require background checks, psychological test, and training and ban assault weapons
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, by requiring strict background checks and closing the gun show loophole
@7PTCG385yrs5Y
Yes, conduct thorough background checks, close the gun show loophole, and end the sale of assault weapons
@8QNDV534yrs4Y
Yes, require strict background checks, psychological testing, and training. Further, there should be a limit on the type of guns sold and purchased, periodic checks, and Ban carrying of guns
@8PGP4Q74yrs4Y
Yes just a brief mental health evaluation and there should be more in depth for assault weapons
@8DDP7D35yrs5Y
Yes, and ban all automatic of semi-automatic rifles. All gun purchases should be on a national data base, and there needs to be a waiting period and background checks.
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