Melissa, thank you for sharing your thoughts this week. Your heartfelt words are so inspiring. Responsible gun owners such as myself understand there are a lot of changes to our laws that can help mitigate mass shootings while maintaining rights to gun ownership. Here are some examples of law changes people can share when contacting elected officials.
Requiring universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole, mandatory waiting periods, prohibiting people with dangerous histories from having guns, requiring people to report lost/stolen guns, a national registry, requiring insurance on guns (like cars), prohibiting bump stocks and other rapid fire devices, and prohibiting high capacity magazines.
Another thing that is beginning to happen - holding parents accountable for the safety of firearms in their houses. Guns in locked safes, ammunition stored in another lock box. If their kids shoot someone, parents can also be charged.
Itβs time we take reasonable measures to stop all these shootings. The second amendment was created at a time when guns were single shot and took a trained shooter between 15-30 seconds to reload. It was also written into the constitution because at that time, commoners werenβt allowed to own guns and there wasnβt yet a militia established. People often skip over the first part of the text, βA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free Stateβ¦β
Thank you for speaking up. And thank you for sharing simple talking points for parents about gun storage/safety. We need to keep each other safe (and alive).
Melissa, thank you for sharing your thoughts this week. Your heartfelt words are so inspiring. Responsible gun owners such as myself understand there are a lot of changes to our laws that can help mitigate mass shootings while maintaining rights to gun ownership. Here are some examples of law changes people can share when contacting elected officials.
Requiring universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole, mandatory waiting periods, prohibiting people with dangerous histories from having guns, requiring people to report lost/stolen guns, a national registry, requiring insurance on guns (like cars), prohibiting bump stocks and other rapid fire devices, and prohibiting high capacity magazines.
Another thing that is beginning to happen - holding parents accountable for the safety of firearms in their houses. Guns in locked safes, ammunition stored in another lock box. If their kids shoot someone, parents can also be charged.
Itβs time we take reasonable measures to stop all these shootings. The second amendment was created at a time when guns were single shot and took a trained shooter between 15-30 seconds to reload. It was also written into the constitution because at that time, commoners werenβt allowed to own guns and there wasnβt yet a militia established. People often skip over the first part of the text, βA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free Stateβ¦β
Thank you for these wise, helpful words and thanks to you and Mo for helping center us at a time that is difficult in so many ways.
Thank you for speaking up. And thank you for sharing simple talking points for parents about gun storage/safety. We need to keep each other safe (and alive).