-- Ban individuals convicted of any violent crime from
gun purchase Americans with convictions for domestic violence are already banned for life from buying guns (although again, Kelley fell through the cracks).
Not exact matches
We don't want to take away your
gun rights, we just want to prevent
Americans from owning assault weapons and to tighten the methods at which a person can
purchase a firearm.
Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on
gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the
American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of
guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issue.
As someone who used to own
guns, but who no longer does, I'm actually very interested to learn what % of
Americans have
purchased a
gun at some point in their life, even if they no longer own one.
Democratic challengers in some of this year's most competitive races are appealing to
Americans» fears about terrorism to broach
gun control, specifically by calling out Republican incumbents for not backing New York Republican Rep. Peter T. King's bill, first introduced nine years ago, to prevent people on the terror watch list from
purchasing firearms.
Americans have an inherent right «to be able to choose if they want a
gun or not,» he said, including the right to
purchase «the most sophisticated weapon of the day» for self - protection.
The deadly school shooting in Florida on Wednesday is certain to lead to a chorus of calls for
gun bans and a variety of
gun purchasing restrictions, but if history is any indication, little will change in
American gun legislation no matter the death toll, or the outrage.