Or was Reeva Steenkamp the victim of a tragic accident in our gun culture?
Everyone in America has a stake in doing something to end the scourge of gun violence in our country that, as we saw in Newtown, Connecticut, is a threat to the most vulnerable citizens, the most vulnerable Americans, the children who it should be our first duty to protect.
The recent national tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School has brought the topic of aggression and gun violence in our schools back to the painful front lines of the national debate on gun control.
President Obama today announced a series of sweeping reforms that will help curb gun violence in our nation.
What we do want is what the majority of NRA members and other Americans want: responsible changes in our laws to require responsible gun ownership and reduce gun violence.
And there are some meaningful, common-sense things that we can do to reduce gun violence in our communities at the same time respecting the rights provided by the Second Amendment of the Constitution.
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Despite the fact that many other countries have similar requirements (and yes, much lower rates of murder and mayhem), gun groups in our country have raised alarmist concerns about the "logistical nightmare" of background checks for private sales.
Do we really want to live in fear of one another, praying our gun is bigger than the next person's, or that we are quick enough to shoot first?
" Mr. Baker said he made clear that the NRA "would do everything in our power'' to see that new gun-ownership restrictions don't pass.
But the mounting deaths and associated trauma from mass shootings should motivate us to take action to make needed reforms to our gun laws, focus law enforcement resources on combating illegal gun possession and invest in prevention initiatives proven to reduce gun violence.
Is this in spite of or because of our higher rate of gun ownership?
"Our gun law is one of the strictest in the whole world, " Mr Stiel says.
Obama and Romney both acknowledged that the root of our gun problems is to be found much deeper in the fabric of our social order than partisan politics can reach.
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Taking these steps will improve our understanding of the gun violence epidemic and will aid in the continued development of gun violence prevention strategies.
Perhaps there is something wrong with American culture, then, that makes us more likely to abuse our gun ownership rights, or that makes us more prone to violence in general.
"This database will be a powerful tool that will aid in the enforcement of New York's gun control measures and keep more of our citizens out of harm's way, " Silver said.
Mr. BOB VAN DER HORN (father of Chris): We decided to raise our children without guns until we found that every stick in the yard turned into a gun and every finger was gun.
But as yet there is no smoking gun - a protein involved in regulating brain function, say - that may have caused our ape-like ancestors to branch off from chimps.
It will also deal with moving forward on immigration reform, moving forward on gun violence, moving forward on increasing our energy independence, and moving forward on investments in education and research and innovation that allow us to be competitive and grow in the 21st century.
These actions are the result of the effort led by Vice President Joe Biden and members of the Cabinet to come up with concrete steps that we can take right now to keep our children safe, help prevent mass shootings, and reduce the broader epidemic of gun violence in this country.
We put our faith in the institutions or individuals we trust, whether it's the NRA, religious leaders or gun control groups.
And in the four months since we lost our loved ones, thousands of other Americans have died at the end of a gun.
That agony burns deep in the families of thousands -- thousands of Americans who have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun over these last 100 days -- including Hadiya Pendleton, who was killed on her way to school less than two months ago, and whose mom is also here today.
He fears this will mean that we don't get to see information that challenges our world view, and will ultimately be bad for democracy - if you're an American in favour of gun control, for instance, you will tend to see information that reflects your views, while members of the National Rifle Association will be served up sites that chime with their stance.
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