Stepped-up FBI background checks have blocked more than 200 transactions of attempted purchasers under the age of 21. Prosecutions have increased for unlicensed gun sellers, and new gun trafficking penalties have been charged in more than 100 cases around the country.
In hypocritical rulings that defy logic or clarity, the extreme right-wing court has made a mess of an already toxic pool of laws on ownership and use of guns in America.
The constant barrage of mass shootings and murders has sparked a desire for more laws regulating the sale of deadly firearms.
The new laws are a start but more needs to be done to curb gun violence and ease of access to weapons
Such a bipartisan issue on such a lockstep issues impossible, but it may be a start that is long overdue
It’s a start that is more than most expected
While the agreement comes up short of the package that passed the House, the Senate deal is more than a breakthrough than others expected
“Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun
Missing, of course, is any action to outlaw private purchase or ownership of assault style weapons
Assault-style weapons are dangerous tools of those who massacre children in schools and are the weapons of choice of mass shooters