How can the United States reduce the number of gun deaths nationwide?
Learn more about how nationwide gun buy back programs are successful around the world:
It took one massacre: how Australia embraced gun control after Port Arthur
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Remove 90% of guns in circulation through a nationwide gun buy back program
- Gun owners deliver and return their guns at collection points in exchange for cash payments.
- Laws prevent seconds sales to pawn dealers circumventing gun buy back programs.
Restrict the type of guns individuals can own
- Customers buying guns can only obtain a license to buy non semi automatic or automatic guns.
- Ban semi-automatic and automatic guns, the kind of guns that are typically used in wars.
Introduce special owner licenses and mandatory background checks
- Customers wanting to buy guns must first apply to buy a gun and pass thorough background checks.
- Customers that are approved to buy a gun are issued a license.
28-day cooling off period when purchasing a new gun
- Customers can order a gun but are required to wait 28 days to receive it.
- Guns can not be delivered the same day they are purchased.
Increased penalties and better training on gun use
- Increased training for everyone including citizens and law enforcement on gun use.
- Tougher laws with greater penalties for abusing gun laws.
Amend the Second Amendment
- In light of the current facts and figures on gun deaths in the USA, the Second Amendment should be amended.
- Gun owners deliver and return their guns at collection points in exchange for cash payments.
- Laws prevent seconds sales to pawn dealers circumventing gun buy back programs.
Restrict the type of guns individuals can own
- Customers buying guns can only obtain a license to buy non semi automatic or automatic guns.
- Ban semi-automatic and automatic guns, the kind of guns that are typically used in wars.
Introduce special owner licenses and mandatory background checks
- Customers wanting to buy guns must first apply to buy a gun and pass thorough background checks.
- Customers that are approved to buy a gun are issued a license.
28-day cooling off period when purchasing a new gun
- Customers can order a gun but are required to wait 28 days to receive it.
- Guns can not be delivered the same day they are purchased.
Increased penalties and better training on gun use
- Increased training for everyone including citizens and law enforcement on gun use.
- Tougher laws with greater penalties for abusing gun laws.
Amend the Second Amendment
- In light of the current facts and figures on gun deaths in the USA, the Second Amendment should be amended.
Comparing gun deaths and usage in the United States and around the world
FACT: Gun related deaths are out of control in the United States.
FACT: More guns means more gun deaths. The charts below show the total number of gun deaths and the number of privately owned firearms. Data shows without any doubt, increases in gun ownership results in an increases in the number of gun related deaths.
FACT: Gun deaths are increasing in the United States while gun deaths are falling in many other countries.
The United States must act now by removing automatic and semi-automatic guns and introduce new effective and evidence based gun control policies to improve safety and happiness across the country.
FACT: More guns means more gun deaths. The charts below show the total number of gun deaths and the number of privately owned firearms. Data shows without any doubt, increases in gun ownership results in an increases in the number of gun related deaths.
FACT: Gun deaths are increasing in the United States while gun deaths are falling in many other countries.
The United States must act now by removing automatic and semi-automatic guns and introduce new effective and evidence based gun control policies to improve safety and happiness across the country.