Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

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The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

Furthermore, executive actions can be undone by the next administration. When Trump came into office in 2017, heThe Supreme Court's interpretation of the Second Amendment

That case involves a challenge to the state's"proper cause law" requiring that people applying for a license to carry a concealed weapon outside the home show that they have a concrete need for self-defense — or they're going hunting or to target practice. In hearing the case in November,New York's law. Several other states have similar restrictions for carrying guns in public.

"One of the broader barriers is hopelessness, which is the NRA's chief political product ... they use hopelessness to stymie progress," he said."Hopelessness sort of paralyzes the response.

"While those efforts will be helpful, the reality is that there are still 400 million guns in our country already. There's more guns than people. Most neighborhoods like mine are already saturated with firearms and so we have to make sure there's a comprehensive strategy to reduce violence," Jackson said.

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