Seven Ways Obama Can Reduce Gun Violence

by Matt Kelley · 2008-11-12 05:11:00 UTC
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More on guns!

Writing on the Huffington Post, Massachusetts real estate developer and non-profit founder John Rosenthal lists seven ways President-elect Obama can act to reduce gun violence:

#1 Mandatory criminal background checks for all gun sales

#2 Require responsible and safe gun storage for all firearms unless they are in the owners direct control

#3 Allow Law Enforcement to maintain and share critical "crime-gun" trace data

#4 Restore and improve the Federal Ban on Assault Weapons

#5 Repeal the Federal law giving Immunity to the gun industry

#6 Enact National Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations for firearms

#7 Create incentives for the gun industry to make "personalized guns"

Hat tip: CrimProf Blog

Matt Kelley is the Online Communications Manager at the Innocence Project and a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Follow him on Twitter @mattjkelley.
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