デブラ・メッシングさんのインスタグラム写真 - (デブラ・メッシングInstagram)「Today we wear orange in solidarity with everyone fighting for common sense gun legislation.@everytown @momsdemand #Repost @jessicayellin ・・・ Reforming Gun Laws: Where the Country Stands When it comes to changing the nation’s gun laws, you’d think this country must be very divided. Right? Not quite. On background checks, and stricter limits on who can get a gun or how — the majority of the country is in agreement. They want reform: * 92% of Americans support background checks for all gun sales. (Gallup, March 2018) * This is not currently US law. But this reform has bipartisan support: * 92% of Democrats and 78% of Republicans support background checks for all gun sales. (Reuters/Ipsos, Feb 2019) * 68% support raising the legal age at which people can purchase certain firearms from 18 to 21 * 61% of Americans feel gun laws should be more strict than they are. (Gallup, Oct 2018) * Only 8% of people who want tougher gun laws say they are “very confident” their elected officials would do anything about it (Reuters/Ipsos, February 2019) Given the above, why doesn’t’ Congress make changes? Here’s one explanation. For many years, gun safety wasn’t a top issue for voters. In other words, those who supported background checks wouldn’t necessarily vote against a candidate because he/she opposed stricter background checks. Meantime the NRA, the gun lobby that has given so generously to many politicians for years, targetted those who did vote for background checks. So supporting gun safety reform was dangerous for politicians. Now things could be changing. In 2018, a majority of voters said gun policy is a top 10 voting issue. And the NRA is weakend by financial challenges and divisions in the organization. The latest: The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require background checks for all gun purchases – even those from private sellers. This week we learned the Senate won’t take it up – meaning no vote. It’s going nowhere for now. The big question: will voters make gun safety is poised to be a top issue in the 2020 election? ** Please share this post. Or tag four friends who care about gun laws in this country. ** #news #newsnotnoise #gunsafety #gun」6月8日 15時35分