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The statement, its variants, and counter-variants have been positively or negatively referenced and paraphrased by both sides of the gun control debate, including NRA representatives, the President of the United States, lawmakers, and members of the general public.
A June 2022 ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 70% of Americans believed enacting new gun control laws was more important than protecting gun ownership rights. [43] Regarding the impending 2022 midterm elections , Gallup reported that 55% of voters said gun policy is "extremely important", while 8% of voters said that gun control was the country's ...
Michael Bloomberg's gun-control super PAC, Independence USA, spent $8.3 million in 2012 [88] [89] and $6.3 million in 2013. [90] Americans for Responsible Solutions, another gun-control super PAC started by retired Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, raised $12 million in 2013, [91] and planned to raise $16 to $20 million by the 2014 elections. [92]
The 2024 presidential candidates couldn't have been further apart on gun policy. Vice President Kamala Harris called for universal background checks and an assault weapons ban, while former ...
Submitted opinion column: Joseph H. Crowley is a retired educator. He lives in Cranston.
"First of all, the notion that I or Hillary or Democrats or whoever you want to choose are hell-bent on taking away folks’ guns is just not true."
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles ...
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. [1] [2] Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, but have strong firearms laws to prevent violence.