4 Reasons Gun Control Can’t Solve America’s Violence Problem
These 4 underlying sociological problems, not guns, are the key drivers of American violence.
Saturday, April 3, 2021
The gun-control paradigm the idea that the solution to American violence is more laws restricting guns is unhelpful.
Gun control burdens the free exercise of the constitutionally-protected Second Amendment right to bear arms, so it’s subject to compelling legal challenges and is flatly rejected by many Americans. In addition, the enforcement of stringent gun control invariably inflicts heavy burdens upon other civil liberties especially in poorer communities and among marginalized populations.
Gun control’s coexistence with the values of a free society is, at best, an uneasy one. But it’s even less viable in the particular context of the United States. Consider the 400 million guns already in private circulation, plus the totally irreversible and ever-increasing ease of the self-manufacturin
what i still to this day don t get is there is a number of viable, workable solutions out there to enhance law enforcement and school safety. they re sidelined in this endless effort by liberals and people they call up in their movement to take away firearms from people like me who didn t do a damn thing wrong. what did i do wrong? why should i have to surrender a firearm to you for doing absolutely nothing? this is all about straw men and scapegoats. the nra did it law abiding gun owners did it. we did nothing wrong. i m telling you there is going to be significant backlash to this. american gun owners are getting fed up for being blamed by the criminals in this society. we did nothing wrong. ainsley: right there on the bottom of the screen it says you are contributor for nratv. what is your message for the people who are watching and can you try to see their side of the story? and if you can what is your message to them?
it. everybody is free to do what ever wants to do. they know about this. 14-year-old bruno oliver went back to school today in parkland, florida, for the first time. there s the quote, i m never going to be the same. that s why dick s sporting goods does the right thing. carol, thank you very much. peter baker, thank you as well. more on this developing nudes from dick s sporting goods ahead on morning joe. and it s one area where this there is no pride in seeing the united states far outpacing the rest of the world. steve ratner this is one area let me just having trouble reading because i was having trouble reading. and i m very excited to go shopping today. this is one area where obviously america should take no pride in doing having higher numbers than the rest of the world. thank you. how american gun deaths are literally off the charts. we ll be talking about it with senate democrat joe manchin and republican congressman tom cole.
welcome back to msnbc. we are continuing to cover the aftermath of the school shooting at marjory stoneman douglas in parkland, florida. if you don t know much about firearms you are probably familiar with the ar-15 and similar weapons. customizable and adaptable semi automatic weapon, often referred to as american gun, civilian cousin of military-grade automatic rifles here. one second here. usa today excuse me, usa today here citing an nra estimate that we own 8 million of them, being used in shootings like the one this week. in the last 11 years, 12 mass shootings. too long a list of when this was used, dark knight shooting in aurora, colorado, orlando
the organizers encouraging attendees or telling them it s their right if they want to bring a gun, but keep them secure to show the world that american gun owners are responsible patriots. obviously, that increases tension there. what are local authorities saying to make sure, obviously, that everyone is responsible and safe? reporter: well, that s exactly the point, tamron. you know, the local authorities will be following the letter of the law here, but there are, you know, i would say that the gun control laws here are in the middle of the road, you know. even the campus of umpqua community college permits people to conceal a weapon on campus. and i think that the people here in this community want everybody to know that. all right. thank you very much. we ll follow the president s visit to oregon and all of the details that come from that visit. and up next, thank you, jacob, a respected professor at the university of texas says that he plans to resign over a new law in tha