@jaysonmassey and how do we address this in a way that helps address the problem?

@freemo This is a start.

" HB 731 to require that guns be stored safely in the home to prevent school shootings, youth suicide, and unintentional shootings;
- HB 338 to require the reporting of lost and stolen firearms to cut the number of illegal guns fueling violence in our communities;
- HB 1018 to create Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent firearm suicides, mass shootings, and domestic violence;
- HB 714 to enact universal background checks so that weapons of war don't end up in the wrong hands."

https://act.ceasefirepa.org/a/common-agenda-pa-house-spring-2023?emci=d6ad4aef-54e0-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=0458ee84-10e1-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&ceid=47049

@jaysonmassey hb 731 doesnt do what you suggest. It just is a bill that would cause all long rifles to include a trigger lock with sale. So while im not opposed to a proper solution requiring safe storage this bill sadly isnt it.

Hb338 is ok, in theory, but with only a 500$ fine im not sure it really addresses the issue much. But its a start i woukdnt object to it as is.

Hb1080 absolutely not and is IMO a gross violation. Bodily autonomy is a sacred right and that includes suicide. If someone wants to kill themselves they should have that right and the means to potential suicide should not be legally restricted. We shoukd try to provide mental health access and help prevent suicide but in the end everyone has the right to do with their body what they wish.

Hb714 is kinda moot but i have no objections. It only requires long rifle background checks now on private sales. I can support this but its not going to have a huge impact and certainly not going to solve the problems.

These are exactly thr no-real-good but feels good nonsense i come to expect honestly. We could be enacting actual hugely impactful policies like free access to mental health and make some real change. Instead thry want you to have to buy a 10$ trigger lock you can bypass in about 5 minutes and probably wont even get used.

@freemo It's "common sense gun control" and not what I would do. I would do what Japan did. That will take a giant effort, and takes small steps at first.

"In 2018, Japan, a country of 125 million people, only reported nine deaths from firearms – compared with 39,740 that year in the United States, according to data compiled by the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/asia/japan-gun-laws-abe-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html

@jaysonmassey @freemo If you gave the Japanese twice the guns per capita that Yankees have, you would still have two to three digit gun deaths per year, which would mostly be suicides and criminal-on-criminal violence.

This is because USA's problem is not guns, its problem is that it's a country of fanatics embroiled in all sorts of cold civil wars from political to racial and religious, and the single biggest consumer of illegal drugs in the planet.

You're also unironically citing CNN as a source, which makes me doubt whether yours is a parody account, or just plain braindead.