A bipartisan group of senators in Washington has spent weeks searching for an agreement on legislation that could help curb America’s enduring epidemic of gun violence.
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. While it’s unclear what provisions might end up in the final deal, if one is reached at all, some of the more far-reaching reforms championed by gun control advocates — like an assault weapons ban — will almost certainly not be included.
for a range of gun control measures, unified Republican opposition has meant that repeated efforts to impose new limits on gun access in the wake of mass shootings have failed.While many assert that the prevalence of guns is the core of the problem, experts say there are proven ways to reduce America’s extraordinary levels of gun violence even without new gun control laws.
Many also make the case that gun violence is a symptom of much deeper problems in American society, in particular the stark inequality in the U.S. They argue that truly addressing the root causes of gun violence will require increasing economic opportunity, improving health care access, reforming the criminal justice system and countering cultural forces that predispose young men to violence.“Systemic inequality creates the underfunded schools that produce criminals.
“Gun violence and mass incarceration are both propagated and reinforced by policies that punish lower-income communities of color. In other words, the solution to one problem cannot be achieved by exacerbating the other.” — Taylor King,“Adolescents in particular are really struggling from a mental health standpoint, and they need a lot more than they’re getting.
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