Activists See Progress on State Firearms Laws Since Parkland Shooting
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Since the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre in February, gun control advocates have said that there was something different in this year's debate.
There is an energy on the question.
How, or if, that affects the mid-term elections of November is to be determined.
But there is an early manifestation of this new political energy: gun control advocates had their best year in state legislatures in recent history.
Since the shooting in Florida, the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has 55 new gun control laws in 26 states
. (19659002) Republican governors from 15 states signed bills backed by gun control supporters
. It's hard to overdear what changes have been made since last year, when arms control groups were trying to prevent states from licensing weapons in universities.
But after the Americans experienced three of the deadliest gunfights in its history, the pro-gun side that was on defense in the state legislatures in a way that made it easier for them to get away with it. it has not been before.
"Politics has changed dramatically," said Robin Lloyd, the director of government affairs at Giffords. The biggest victories of gun advocates have occurred in Vermont, west of the gun laws (there is none)
Republican Governor Phil Scott has signed a gun control bill. . And he specifically cited the recent series of mass shootings as a reason
"… [I] f we had not even tried to reduce the possibility of a tragedy here in Vermont like Parkland or Virginia Tech, Aurora, Las Vegas, Orlando, Sandy Hook, Dallas or Charleston … it would be hard to live, "Scott told a group of gun rights supporters around the State House in April, some shouting that he was a traitor.The hostile foreign government scrutinized every aspect of American life and concluded that guns were the perfect point of access to sneak in undetected . "https://t.co/XtA63glYTV
– Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 22, 2018
For the first time in recent history, an entirely Republican state has adopted a Bill limiting the access of the general population to weapons. It was Florida, which approved a number of gun laws in response to the Parkland shooting.
After that, gun control advocates have seen a surprising number of states limit the places where people can carry their weapons. can bring their firearms concealed. And 14 states – including Arkansas, Missouri and South Dakota – have considered but ultimately decided not to extend the scope of the firearms.
There was evidence that lawmakers reacted directly to massive shootings in the news.
States banned mogul stocks, an attachment used in the Las Vegas massacre in October that makes semi-automatic weapon fire more like an illegal machine gun.
Two states with a Republican tendency have strengthened their systems of verification of antecedents. Louisiana and Tennessee now require that arms dealers report to law enforcement when a person to whom the purchase of a firearm is prohibited does so. .
The Republican governor of Oklahoma vetoed a concealed firearm.
Proponents of gun control testified to the most bipartisan enthusiasm for their cause when it came to restricting the access of potentially dangerous persons to firearms .
There has been a series of new laws allowing family members or law enforcement to ask a judge to temporarily prohibit access to someone else. he thinks this person is dangerously imminent. Prior to 2018, only three states had such protection orders against extreme risks. Now there are 11, including Illinois, Vermont and Florida
But there is plenty of evidence that the gun rights lobby still has a profound influence in state legislatures .
since the victories of one party are not necessarily the losses of the other party.
The National Rifle Association is not necessarily opposed to the prohibition of rebound stocks or legislation preventing convicted offenders from violating their weapons. In absolute numbers, the NRA claims to have won almost as many victories as the gun control portion of this state legislative session
Many of the victories of the NRA were changes to pro-weapon laws already on In fact, gun rights advocates have been so successful over the last two decades in developing where weapons can circulate that today, all 50 states allow people to
Also, in a year when the NRA became so unpopular that companies like Delta and United Airlines, Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart all reduced their prices. links with the organization, the organization beat moves in Delaware to ban s But when you step back and compare this session of state to the way things have been for decades – strongly inclined in favor of the expansion of access of America firearms ins – Proponents of gun control are cautiously arguing this year as a tipping point in support of more gun control laws.
"Without a doubt, the horror of what happened at Parkland made the difference. "Because there is this fear in communities across the country: are we going to be next?"
