This is the work being done by activists on gun-violence-prevention legislation.
“In the Las Vegas shooting, the shooter used firearms that were fitted with bump stocks which essentially enable a semi-automatic firearm to mimic the firing speed of a fully automatic machine gun,” Kilgour explains. “Since the Parkland shooting, nine states have passed laws prohibiting the sale or possession of bump stocks — Florida among those states.
“We know that when a shooter is forced to reload, it gives law enforcement and other bystanders the opportunity to intervene or escape, as was the case in many of the high-profile mass shootings,” she explains.All of these new provisions have come in spite of the extremely well-funded and well-organized gun lobby, perhaps best embodied by“The gun lobby was really thwarted in its efforts to push its agenda after Parkland, which was a huge victory for gun-violence prevention,” Anderman explains.
Anderman agrees that the energy after Parkland was powerful, and explains that Parkland helped organizations formed in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting gain new ground.
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