Many of our political leaders responded to these recent tragedies by proposing legislation, such as increased background checks, closing the gun show sales loophole between private parties, a new ban on semi-automatic clips (previous assault weapon ban ended in 2004 and has not been renewed by Congress), and prohibiting gun ownership for individuals on "no-fly" lists, etc. With solid public support for many/all of these initiatives, why did so few of these proposals result in policy? Why is the gun issue be linked to incidences of mass shootings and not to a more general understanding of gun deaths in the US? Here is a presentation that provides data on recent gun death statistics in the US: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths/.
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