Introduction
Student activists in Chicago joined students across the country to rally against gun violence on April 20, 2018, the anniversary of a 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. Such protests have energized the gun control movement, but the nation remains deeply divided on gun policy. (Cover: Getty Images/Jim Young)
|
As mass shootings continue to horrify the nation, advocates of stricter gun laws are optimistic that their movement is turning a corner. Young activists led by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., scene of a Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17, have drawn hundreds of thousands of supporters to March for Our Lives rallies across the country. Meanwhile, several states traditionally opposed to gun control have banned devices that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly. And polls show fewer and fewer Americans own guns. But many observers are skeptical that lawmakers will tighten gun laws. Gun-rights supporters continue to challenge the constitutionality of restraints on firearm ownership and say the solution to gun violence is to enforce existing laws, not pass new ones. Political analysts, meanwhile, say Australia and other nations that have reduced gun violence by strictly regulating firearms offer a possible model for the United States.
|
|
Gun Control and the Second Amendment |
|
 |
Aug. 05, 2022 |
Gun Violence |
 |
Jul. 27, 2018 |
Gun Violence |
 |
Jan. 27, 2017 |
Guns on Campus |
 |
Mar. 08, 2013 |
Gun Control |
 |
Oct. 31, 2008 |
Gun Rights Debates  |
 |
May 25, 2007 |
Gun Violence |
 |
Nov. 12, 2004 |
Gun Control Debate |
 |
Dec. 19, 1997 |
Gun Control Standoff |
 |
Jun. 10, 1994 |
Gun Control |
 |
Mar. 22, 1991 |
Reassessing the Nation's Gun Laws |
 |
Nov. 13, 1987 |
Gun Control |
 |
Dec. 13, 1985 |
Guns in America: the Debate Continues |
 |
Jul. 19, 1972 |
Gun Control: Recurrent Issue |
 |
Nov. 11, 1959 |
Firearms Control |
| | |
|