Or was Reeva Steenkamp the victim of a tragic accident in our gun culture?
"Our gun law is one of the strictest in the whole world, " Mr Stiel says.
Maybe it's time for America to see the results of what our gun culture has wrought.
Moreover, national national surveys show that a large majority of citizens favor these reforms to our gun laws, including most gun owners.
Who even cares that, barring some (even more restrictive) amendments added since the 1980s, most of our gun laws date back to the decrees of April 18, 1939.
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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?
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.
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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It calls for not only reexamining our gun laws and how well we enforce them, but also for engaging mental health professionals, law enforcement officials, educators, parents and communities to find those solutions.
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.
It would appear to me that our greatest failure comes from elected officials continuing to pander to the gun lobby and refusing to discuss ways to strengthen our guns laws to reduce gun death and injury.
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And we talked about what we can do to protect more of our citizens from gun violence.
Since you have no previous criminal charges on your person, the police gets nothing from the fingerprint, but they find our where the gun was bought.
Right now, my husband is fighting as hard as he can, and engaging as many people as he can, to pass common-sense reforms to protect our children from gun violence.
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Since it is not the job of our friendly but gun-toting Sheriff to make legal determinations as to who-owns-what, a third-party claim effectively gums up the works of any levy, and the Sheriff cancelled the sale of the office building.
Jumping into gameplay, our first instinct was to move the gun around and get our bearings with the camera, but it was immediately apparent that swinging to the left and right had no effect.
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.
Is this in spite of or because of our higher rate of gun ownership?
Taking these steps will improve our understanding of the gun violence epidemic and will aid in the continued development of gun violence prevention strategies.
"I have been clear for weeks that a ban on the possession and sale of high-capacity magazines is an important part of our effort to prevent gun violence, " he added.
We have a unique opportunity to reaffirm our tradition of responsible gun ownership, and also do more to keep guns out of the hands of criminals or people with a severe mental illness.
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President Obama today announced a series of sweeping reforms that will help curb gun violence in our nation.
Our American story of savage gun violence will be told yet again.
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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But if we gun guys are the paragons of civic virtue that we claim to be, why do we have to be ordered to lock up our guns or report a gun theft?
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.
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