By: The National Shooting Sports Foundation
U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- The anniversary of the tragic and senseless murders in Parkland, Fla., three years ago reminds us why the firearm industry is committed to Real Solutions. Safer Communities. The loss of innocent lives because of the unthinkable acts of a criminal defies explanation but deserves our efforts to try to prevent them from occurring again.
President Joe Biden’s call for his gun control agenda is not working to address the shared American goal of reducing criminal misuse of firearms. His demand that Congress ban the modern sporting rifle (MSR), which he knowingly mislabels an “assault rifle” and “weapon of war,” denies the reality that more murders are committed with knives, fists, and clubs than all rifles combined. Over 20 million MSRs are in circulation today, used daily for lawful purposes.
President Biden’s call to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a law passed with wide bipartisan support, panders to the radical base of his party. Rolling it back would be akin to allowing activist lawyers to sue Ford for the wrongful deaths caused by drunk drivers.
The criminal responsible for the horrors thrust on Parkland, and the nation must be held accountable for his crimes. Anything less is a whitewash of the failures of local, state, and federal authorities to act on any of the 45 instances of warnings, tips, and police responses prior to his final terrible crimes.
The firearm industry has been willing to take on this hard work. It has not waited. The firearm industry provides Real Solutions, including partnerships with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and local law enforcement to include:
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- Partnering with 15,000 law enforcement agencies to distribute 40 million firearm safety kits, including locking devices, for safe firearm storage through Project ChildSafe.
- Fixing the FBI’s background check system by changing the law in 16 states and in Congress to increase reporting of disqualifying adjudicated mental health records, resulting in a 266 percent increase.
- Partnering with the ATF to prevent illegal firearm straw purchases and warning it is a crime punishable by 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
- Improving security at firearm retailers, with ATF, to deter criminals from stealing firearms.
- Matching ATF reward offers up to $5,000 to bring criminals to justice that steal firearms.
- Preventing firearm suicides with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Department of Veterans Affairs.
The firearm industry is committed to the shared goal of reducing and ending criminal misuse of firearms, as well as accidents and suicides. That is the common ground. These are the proven answers to achieve this goal.
Click here to learn more about Real Solutions.
About The National Shooting Sports Foundation
NSSF is the trade association for the firearm industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of thousands of manufacturers, distributors, firearm retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations, and publishers nationwide. For more information, visit nssf.org
They mentioned the many failures of government employees prior to the day the murders were committed. They didn’t mention the failures of the cowardly armed government employees who were there at the time of the murders. They also didn’t mention how, once again, the armed government employees were not held accountable.
None of the “Real Solutions” listed would have prevented the murders at Parkland.
Biden has never had an original thought. Ever. In this case he and his tribe have stolen the very worst ideas on the subject and have compressed that solid waste in to HR 127. It is unconstitutional on its face. Anyone who supports this trash is voting against our Constitution and liberty itself.
The tone of this article sounds like “common sense Gun Control” and “Common sense Gun Safety” Yup, I hear NRA style appeasement spooling in that tone. The list of goals looks great but we all know that’s the sugar coating for things like the ridiculous Lee Bill. What this article does not say is that as a gun owner of over 45 years, I have never committed a crime yet I will be called upon to greater heights of compliance and expense to continue to enjoy the right to bear arms.
The NSSF is pushing arms control and partnering with a unconstitutional agency once again. Why am I not surprised?
There is only one reason that “they” want us disarmed. So that they can commit the same kind of mass genocide that their ilk have committed in country after country the world over. THEY are AFRAID of us. If they use any ENFORCEMENT agency to go after us with some horsecrap law, we will do to them what the founding fathers did to the REDCOAT enforcers at Concord Green. GUARANTEED! Psychopath control freak Chairman Xiden will NOT get his way.
you cannot legislate moral and criminal behavior or mental health. these are the root cause of virtually all crime incidents.
criminals by the very definition of the word do not follow the rules of civil society. why punish law-abiding citizens for criminal behavior?
leftists use ambiguous words in speaking about “gun” violence to make it seem like they are concerned about people, especially children, but in reality, they only care about pushing their agenda, which is total control over the populace.