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In reply to the discussion: Senate Refuses to Act on Modest Gun Control Measures [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)I'm an advocate of a number of reasonable, potentially effective regulations. I actively worked on the campaign to bring universal background checks to Oregon (we did it!). I'm a gun owner (competitive rifle shooter and I keep a couple of handguns for self-defense), but there are some gaps in our gun laws that I think can be filled without infringing on anyone's rights.
Make no mistake: I think the most important steps we can take to reduce violent crime have nothing to do with guns and everything to do with social and economic justice. None of the steps we might take with guns would even come close to the positive effects of making significant progress towards establishing genuinely equal opportunity. But we can still make improvements to our gun laws...