Jonathan Masters
CFR - July 15, 2013
The debate over gun control in the
United States has waxed and waned over the years, stirred by a series of
mass killings by gunmen in civilian settings. The killing of twenty
schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012 prompted a
national discussion over gun laws and calls by the Obama administration
to limit the availability of military-style assault weapons. However,
compromise legislation that would have
banned semiautomatic weapons and expanded background checks was defeated in the Senate in April 2013 despite extensive public support.
Gun ownership in the United States far surpasses other countries, and
recent mass shootings in particular have raised comparisons with
policies abroad. Democracies that have experienced similar traumatic
shooting incidents have taken significant steps to regulate gun
ownership and restrict assault weapons. They generally experience far
fewer incidents of gun violence than the United States.
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