The good news is that FairWarning reports that public support for many reforms is now at its highest level since 2001. Specifically, a new Gallup poll showed that 38% of Americans want stricter gun controls now compared with only 25% last year. The Scientist tells us that 100 American researchers have signed a letter asking […]
Category: Gun violence
More momentum towards gun control
Since the tragic shooting of 20 schoolchildren in Connecticut a short while ago, there has been a flurry of activity in the U.S. that represents an attempt at improving gun control. Some of the developments have been reported in earlier blogs; this one is simply an update so that readers outside the U.S. can appreciate […]
Firearm research mentioned by US Vice President Biden in response to gun violence
Joe Biden has begun to offer an outline of what he will recommend to the US president as a policy response to gun violence. Early indications suggest that recommendations will include universal background checks for gun buyers, closing the “gun show loophole,” and prohibitions on large capacity magazines. Interestingly, the press is also reporting that Biden would like to remedy the de facto […]
More on gun control in the US
Two stories in the Washington Post caught my attention. The first describes Gun Homicides and Gun Ownership by Country and reveals, not surprisingly, that “The United States has the highest gun ownership rate in the world and the highest per capita rate of firearm-related murders of all developed countries.” When ranked by rate of ownership, […]
Groceries-for-guns: Too unrefined to be an effective solution
The Newtown gun violence tragedy has influenced opinions inside and outside United States (US). Los Angeles (LA) County, which has an annual buyback plan to exchange grocery cards for US$100 to US$200 for guns in May each year, decided to hold this event again on December 27, 2012. According to officials, the program duration had […]
More on opposition to gun violence research
As well as the blog I posted yesterday, I intended to mention an excellent piece that appeared in salon.com. One quote in particular caught my attention and previews the tone of the article: David Satcher, the then-director of the CDC, wrote an Op-Ed in the Washington Post in November of 1995 warning that the NRA’s […]
Disheartening find re firearm injury prevention research i
Editors note: I came across this blog and was convinced it was important enough to reproduce in its entirety. It tells a shameful story, all too well known to IP investigators in the U.S. but not as well known as it should be in the rest of the world. Something must be done to change […]