
President Obama recently released his plan for gun control, which would re-instate the assault weapons ban, limit magazine sizes to ten rounds, have mandatory universal background checks, and provide mental health care. All of these are in an effort to decrease gun violence while still keeping guns legal.
In Massachusetts the amount of gun related violence has increased almost 27% since 1998 according to the Boston Globe. This is a state that has some of the strongest gun laws including a ban on all semi automatic rifles (the national ban only includes automatic weapons). Specialists say that this is because of other states lower gun regulation. If someone wants a gun in MA they drive three hours to another state and bring it back.
I support banning of all guns but as we have learned in NSL the NRA is mildly strong and probably wouldn't allow that. Therefore the only way to decrease gun violence is through a stronger nationally instated gun law. As shown in MA state by state gun laws don't matter because people can get the guns from other states. The national government must instate a fierce gun control law so that people can't buy guns from other states.