“The NRA is right...handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns.” LittlesGunCriminalsGun ControlRiflesObtainingHandgunsNraHandgun Ban Author:Josh Sugarmann
“... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give the Treasury Department health and safety authority over the gun industry, and any rational regulator with that authority would ban handguns.” GivingIndustryAuthorityGunSafetyCongressProtectionRationalConsumersDepartmentReachingRegulationGun ControlBansFirearmsTreasuryBannedHandgunsRegulatorsAnti GunHealth And SafetyGun SafetyHandgun BanGun BanConsumer Protection Author:Josh Sugarmann
“One tenet of the National Rifle Association's faith has always been that handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns. For once, the NRA is right and America's leading handgun control organization is wrong. Criminals don't buy guns in gun stores. That's why they're criminals. But it isn't criminals who are killing most of the 20,000 to 22,000 people who die from handguns each year. We are.” PeopleYearsLittlesAmericaDiesGunOrganizationKillingStoresCriminalsAssociationGun ControlRiflesObtainingHandgunsNra Author:Josh Sugarmann
“Handguns are a public-health problem.” ProblemPublic HealthHandgunsHealth Problems Author:Josh Sugarmann
“Fear, physical pain, and death are just part of the price Americans pay for the easy access of handguns. It is estimated that the total costs to Americans of gun violence (the vast majority of which involves handguns) is measured in tens of billions of dollars.3 In comparison, the wholesale value of the 1.3 million handguns manufactured in America in 1998 totaled only $370 million.” PainAmericaValuesEasyPayMillionsViolenceCostGunMajorityDollarsAccessBillionsComparisonGun ViolencePhysical PainWholesaleHandgunsEasy Access Author:Josh Sugarmann
“Although the District of Columbiahas had a ban on handgun sale and possession since 1976, Washingtonresidents are held hostage by the lax gun laws of surroundingjurisdictions.” LawGunPossessionBansHostageHandgunsGun LawLax Author:Josh Sugarmann
“To end the crisis [of gun violence], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban -the product. We are far past the [point] where registration, licensing, safety training, background checks, or waiting periods will have much effect on firearms violence.” EndsPastWaitingCasesViolenceEffectsProductsPeriodsWeaponsTrainingGunCrisisSafetyBackgroundsChecksAssaultBansFirearmsGun ViolenceHandgunsRegistrationAssault WeaponsLicensingBackground Checks Author:Josh Sugarmann
