How to prevent more deaths of children in shootings in the US?
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(CNN Spanish) --
This is not just another mass shooting.
The attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is a tragedy that leaves dead, direct and indirect victims, families torn apart and a wounded nation.
And we're not just talking about one.
The one in Texas was the third mass shooting in the United States this week alone, according to the Gun Violence Archive, the Armed Violence Archive;
and it comes several days after those that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, and in Orange County, California, on May 15.
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What hurts the most in the case of Uvalde and several other shootings in the country is that the deceased were children under the age of 10, as David Hogg, who was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, told CNN. when 17 people were killed by a gunman in 2018.
In this regard, there is a figure that is very harsh, but it portrays the harsh reality: guns are now the leading cause of death among children in the United States, according to the
New England Journal of Medicine
.
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After the tragedy in Uvalde, the demands of various sectors of society have once again come to light for proper control of the carrying of weapons in the country, which is totally different from what is experienced in other countries. .
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This has once again confronted Democrats and Republicans to implement stricter gun legislation, although a clear solution is not seen soon in Congress (but a possible relaxation from the Supreme Court).
ANALYSIS |
Gun control laws are stalled in the US Congress and that won't change anytime soon.
Here too the numbers are very clear: Republicans seem to want gun control, but very passive compared to Democrats and American society in general.
Below, we show you data that portray this context, according to figures from the Pew Research Center and Quinnipiac University.
1. Purchase of weapons by people with mental illness
90% of
Democrats support
preventing people with mental illness from buying guns.
In society in general, the figure is 87%, while with
Republicans it drops to 85%.
2. Background check
92% of Democrats
support background checks on gun purchases at gun shows and private locations.
The figure drops to 81% overall and to
70% for Republicans.
3. Database creation
86% of Democrats
support creating a database to track gun purchases.
In general in the US, the percentage drops to 66% and falls to
44% in terms of the opinion of the Republicans.
4. High capacity ammunition magazines
83% of Democrats
support a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
The figure drops to 64% in the general population, but drops to
41% with Republicans.
5. Assault Weapons
83% of Democrats
support banning assault weapons (with the rifles the shooter bought in Texas).
63% of the general population in the US supports this, while the percentage drops to
37% with the Republicans.
6. Concealed weapons without a permit
Just
8% of Democrats
support allowing concealed carry without a permit.
Meanwhile, 20% of the US population and
35% of Republicans support him.
7. "Red flag" laws
92% of Democrats
support the creation of "red flag" laws, which allow police or family members to petition a judge to remove a gun from a person deemed dangerous to themselves or others.
The percentage drops to 74% with the general population and
65% with Republicans.
With information from CNN's John Avlon
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