We will not live in a free society if we continue to allow gun access to anyone with a pulse.

[Lizzie Poppet]

84. I live downtown in a fairly big city.

I don't feel unsafe (although larger urban environments are where violent crime is concentrated).

There are a good few additional gun regulations I support (sometimes actively: I helped work on the successful campaign for universal background checks here in Oregon). For example, I'd like to see the law mandate proper secure storage for firearms. I have a nice safe, which not everyone can afford, but there are inexpensive security measures available to anyone who can afford the weapon and ammo to practice with it in the first place.

One area in which no new laws are needed but which is a problem because of lack of enforcement is straw purchases. Recent research has indicated that straw purchases are actually a bigger source of firearms to criminals than is theft. Knowingly buying a firearm to transfer to a prohibited person should be treated as the serious crime it is.

I wholeheartedly agree that research into gun violence mustn't be restricted. Mostly, it hasn't been (the restrictions in the news are only on CDC research...lots of other research takes place), but the CDC has resources that most researchers don't, and that ban needs to be lifted. I understand the concerns over the research process (and results) being politicized, but steps can be taken to prevent that. More info = better.