An expert explains what can be done to reduce gun deaths, and why our focus on mass shootings can obscure some truths about the overall picture of gun violence in the U.S.
Now let me also say this: mass shootings tend to generate the most energy in the gun control debate. But, ironically, they’re the type of gun crime that’s probably least impacted by those laws. We have over 20,000 gun homicides a year, and then we have even more suicides by guns. That’s where the big bite of crime can be taken by certain gun restrictions. Mass shootings are a very small percentage.
Well, there really are two. One is the permit-to-purchase laws. We need federal checks of individuals before they are given a permit to purchase a weapon. The fact that they don’t have a criminal record is not enough of a background check. Local police, for example, can have a lot more information about someone than would be in their official record, and that’s why we need a much more thorough background check for purchasing.
Well, the epidemic is fear of mass shootings, not the mass shootings themselves. For example, there was a poll two years ago that found that 25 percent of Americans believe that mass shootings were responsible for more gun deaths than any other type of event, even suicide, which is patently false. And other surveys show that as many as 1/3 of Americans avoid certain places because they’re concerned about being a victim of mass shooting. That level of fear is way out of proportion with the risk.
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