If We Can’t Change American Gun Laws, We Should Change American Gun Culture
Focusing on Violence Prevention Might Slow Gun Rights Activists’ Arms Race
The prospects for gun control laws have never been bleaker. As states and courts fall all over themselves to make guns more available, the civilian arsenal has ballooned to 400 million guns.
Twenty-eight states now have stand-your-ground laws, which allow you to shoot perceived threats out in public, on the street. Twenty-seven states have permitless carry laws, which, as the name suggests, allows you to carry a gun with no permit, and no safety training.
The Supreme Court, meanwhile, has chosen to elevate expansive gun rights. In New York State Rifle and …
