More than 40,000 Americans have died from gun violence in the last year. In March, as the season switched to spring, there were at least nine mass shooting events across the country. All the while, a bill that could save countless lives—and that has the support of up to 97 percent of the American public—languishes in Congress . The Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8), which passed in the House a year ago, would expand federal background checks to unlicensed dealers (such as on the internet marketplace and gun shows) and establish consistent regulations across the country. The fact that this common-sense law hasn’t even gotten a vote in the Senate in a full year proves that it’s time for a different approach. If we want to make progress toward solving at least one facet of America’s enduring gun violence problem, it’s time to bring new voices into the fold: gun owners themselves. As a veteran of four tours in the Marine infantry in Iraq, I know a lot about carrying guns. I’ve enjoyed shooting since leaving the Marines, and many of my close friends are law-abiding gun owners. I hear from them every day. Republicans claim to represent them,… Read full this story
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