"These semi-auto assault-type guns are in the news, and I think most people thought they'd be banned after Sandy Hook, but it can't just be about the assault rifle ban. There's a slow drip of daily handgun deaths in cities around the country every day, and we need to address that too," says law professor Joseph Blocher.
"We have a long way to go in terms of developing laws that would have more precise criteria for determining who is at risk for gun violence and who should have their guns removed. It also suggests that we need more than one kind of policy. People always ask me, 'What's the one thing we should do?' It's not a one thing problem."
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"These semi-auto assault-type guns are in the news, and I think most people thought they'd be banned after Sandy Hook, but it can't just be about the assault rifle ban. There's a slow drip of daily handgun deaths in cities around the country every day, and we need to address that too," says law professor Joseph Blocher.
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"We have a long way to go in terms of developing laws that would have more precise criteria for determining who is at risk for gun violence and who should have their guns removed. It also suggests that we need more than one kind of policy. People always ask me, 'What's the one thing we should do?' It's not a one thing problem."
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