Article 6RQ28 ‘Passing laws saves lives’: what’s at stake for US gun safety if Trump wins?

‘Passing laws saves lives’: what’s at stake for US gun safety if Trump wins?

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Joan E Greve and Abené Clayton
from US news | The Guardian on (#6RQ28)

Biden oversaw the passage of the first major federal gun safety law in nearly 30 years. But advocates fear gun safety policy could be easily reversed: We are at a pivotal moment'

Yoonie Yang was sitting in her Spanish two honors class in southern Florida when she first learned of a shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school. She watched in horror as fellow students checked in on their friends to see if they were among the 17 victims.

I don't think my peers know of an America or a world where there isn't gun violence," said Yang, now a senior at the University of Pennsylvania and a campus organizer for the gun safety group Students Demand Action. This is an issue that we're willing to take a stand on, and it's an issue that has affected our lives and affected our childhoods into our adulthoods."

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