something that is enforceable, something that could make an immediate dent for existing gun owners who have been happily flouting the law and getting away with it? absolutely. all of the things that president biden is putting in place, particularly funding for gun violence, intervention interruption programs in city centers, those are incredibly important. the data shows that they work. but as you said, this analysis found that more than 300,000 gun sales were stopped. people who were prohibited purchasers who shouldn t have guns, they were stopped by the background check system. but we know about a quarter of all guns in this country every single year are sold without a background check, right? there are all these loopholes in our system that they re able to get through. so, really the data and the actions by president biden make two things really clear. one, background checks actually do keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn t have them. and, two, our elected officials s
away with it? absolutely. all of the things that president biden is putting in place, particularly funding for gun violence, intervention interruption programs in city centers, those are incredibly important. the data shows that they work. but as you said, this analysis found that more than 300,000 gun sales were stopped. people who were prohibited purchasers who shouldn t have guns, they were stopped by the background check system. but we know about a quarter of all guns in this country every single year are sold without a background check, right? there are all these loopholes in our system that they re able to get through. so, really the data and the actions by president biden make two things really clear. one, background checks actually do keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn t have them. and two, our elected officials should be racing to close these loopholes that really allow anyone to get a gun no questions asked. you know, every country is coming out of covid. only