What comes next for US gun control?

[CharlieH]

 

Last month, US President Joe Biden signed a landmark gun-control bill into law.

While the legislation, which was passed with bipartisan support, has many limits, it was a step in America's efforts to tackle escalating gun violence. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court issued a decision that cast the future of more strict limits on gun ownership in doubt.

So where does gun control go from here? Here's a look at some solutions that gun-control advocates and gun-rights proponents say could help stop escalating gun violence - and our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher assesses their chances.

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[wombat]

The one thing in common all these crazies have is the need for recognition using social media doing the macho thing showing their perceived audience weapons.

The algorithms used could be tweaked to recognize firearms.

A red flag goes up and that info is passed to a real person who can inform authorities that a visit and a chat are in order.

 

[kwonitoy]

Nothing will come next for US gun control

Just thoughts and prayers after the next mass shooting

[Lacessit]

It will be business as usual, gun sales will increase after every mass shooting.

IMO Americans are incapable of understanding there are other nations who allow gun ownership, while reducing the risk of massacres. Those countries do not permit weapons that have the sole purpose of killing people as quickly and efficiently as possible. It's called common sense.

[vandeventer]

Gun control in America will never happen, as there are just too many guns that are legal and illegal. And not enough police to enforce them ,thanks to the great Dem. policy's. 

[Bkk Brian]

Another day another gun death with tragic consequences:

 

Five-year-old boy shoots dead his eight-year-old brother in 'tragic accident' at US home

Officers investigating the death said it could have been avoided if the gunowner had "properly secure their firearms".

 

https://news.sky.com/story/five-year-old-boy-shoots-dead-his-eight-year-old-brother-in-tragic-accident-at-us-home-12652744

[pegman]

I expect something like a rollback of the machine gun ban by the SCOTUS as they are not mentioned in the Constitution 

[Joe Mama]

The new gun law legislation in America is just a basic band aid measure!  The only thing that will end the carnage in America is to  ban the private ownership of all military assault weapons!  No citizen needs to own these types of weapons...there would still be plenty of other weapons available for personal protection and/or hunting!  Unfortunately we will never be able to keep guns away from the angry/crazy folks, nor can the police do a damn thing to prevent a determined mass shooter!  As long as these weapons are available for legal purchase they will continue to be a threat to human life  in America at schools, churches, concerts, sporting events, shopping malls, or wherever groups of folks congregate!

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Gun control in America will never happen, as there are just too many guns that are legal and illegal. And not enough police to enforce them ,thanks to the great Dem. policy's. 

IMO you will find Republicans are the fiercest defenders of the Second Amendment, along with their thoughts and prayers for the victims.

[vandeventer]

12 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO you will find Republicans are the fiercest defenders of the Second Amendment, along with their thoughts and prayers for the victims.

Agree, now if only the Dem, judges would keep the bad guys in jail things will get back to normal.

[pegman]

1 hour ago, vandeventer said:

Agree, now if only the Dem, judges would keep the bad guys in jail things will get back to normal.

Normal like when Trump supporter with no criminal record Stephen Paddock shot dead 60 people? 

[Hanuman2547]

The US Republican party will fight tooth and nail to stop any type of restrictions on firearms.  It is  a core value of their political platform.

[vandeventer]

22 minutes ago, pegman said:

Normal like when Trump supporter with no criminal record Stephen Paddock shot dead 60 people? 

There are 10's of millions of Trump supporters and not are all angles like Biden supporters. But this is what Trump said about the shooting.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-mental-health-2017-10

[newnative]

What comes next?  Nothing.  Just like what's come before.

[rudi49jr]

A (vast) majority of people in the USA who are in favor of tighter gun control are held hostage by a minority of gun nuts and (mainly) Republican representatives, who are scared to death to lose the votes of that minority.

I think Republican congresswoman Debbie Lesko phrased the insanity best when she said she would shoot her own grandchildren to keep them safe. That has to be the dumbest thing that ever came out of the mouth of a representative, and that’s saying something, with intellectual heavyweights like Marjory Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert to compete with.

[Phoenix Rising]

2 hours ago, vandeventer said:

There are 10's of millions of Trump supporters and not are all angles like Biden supporters. But this is what Trump said about the shooting.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-mental-health-2017-10

What trump said about the shooting? What relevance does what a one term losing liar say about it have??

[Phoenix Rising]

20 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

A (vast) majority of people in the USA who are in favor of tighter gun control are held hostage by a minority of gun nuts and (mainly) Republican representatives, who are scared to death to lose the votes of that minority.

I think Republican congresswoman Debbie Lesko phrased the insanity best when she said she would shoot her own grandchildren to keep them safe. That has to be the dumbest thing that ever came out of the mouth of a representative, and that’s saying something, with intellectual heavyweights like Marjory Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert to compete with.

You know, in a time before trump people would have been outraged if someone said that and they would have been booted from office. Now it's an almost daily occurrence.

The MAGA crowd have voted their preferred deplorables into office and the US of A is slowly but surely turning into a dumpster fire.

[moogradod]

5 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

What trump said about the shooting? What relevance does what a one term losing liar say about it have??

A lot if one term becomes two.

[Phoenix Rising]

1 minute ago, moogradod said:

A lot if one term becomes two.

How? What did he do for gun control during his 4 pathetic years in office? I can't think of a single thing so please refresh my memory.

[vandeventer]

20 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

What trump said about the shooting? What relevance does what a one term losing liar say about it have??

Sorry, are you talking about Biden???

[Paris333]

More people died every year from suicides than from gun fires . Source: State Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 10–24: United States, 2000–2018............https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/NVSR-69-11-508.pdf

[Paris333]

More children died every year in U.S from car accidents than from gun fires.In 2019, 608 child passengers age 12 and younger died in motor vehicle crashes,¹ and more than 91,000 were injured.² Of the children 12 and younger who died in a crash (for whom restraint use was known), 38% were not buckled up.

Source : Child Passenger Safety: Get the Facts..........https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/child_passenger_safety/cps-factsheet.html

[moogradod]

1 hour ago, Phoenix Rising said:

How? What did he do for gun control during his 4 pathetic years in office? I can't think of a single thing so please refresh my memory.

Exactly. So this will again be the same once he would be elected again. He wont do nothing. This was my point.

[Tarteso]

What comes next for US gun control?
 

 

Once upon a time in the west…Again.????

[herfiehandbag]

Thoughts and prayers, and then in due course another class of children slaughtered by a gun toting onanist.

 

Nothing will be done.

[Scott]

Off-topic posts removed.  Stay on topic or face a suspension.  The topic is about guns in America, not car accidents.