The states with the highest level of gun violence:
- Louisiana
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
- New Mexico
- Missouri
- Arkansas
- Georgia
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In the same way that the government requires cold medicine sellers to know the purchasing history of pseudoephedrine buyers, the government could require that all gun sellers run background checks to know the criminal and mental health history of firearms purchasers. As it stands now, 40 percent of gun transactions are completed through private, unlicensed gun dealers who are not required by law to run a background check. But if we accept that the federal government places a limit on the amount of cold medicine we buy per month to prevent meth manufacturing, can’t we easily understand a limit on the number of bullets in a magazine to prevent an increasing number of massacres?
Watch It:
Super Bowl ad calls out the NRA on gun violence.
You’ll only see it if you live in Washington, DC, so watch it here!
In the aftermath of the shooting in Newtown, states have introduced 114 bills to strengthen gun regulations and 67 to weaken them.
