Facing little movement in Congress, gun-control groups are turning focus toward preventing suicide and handgun violence
Dorothy Paugh poses with a photo of her late son, Peter, in Washington on Friday. Peter and Paugh’s father both used guns when they died by suicide, an issue gun-control groups are shifting their focus toward. By Katie Zezima Katie Zezima National reporter covering vice Email Bio Follow March 26 at 10:00 AM Unable to achieve major federal gun legislation in the wake of the nation’s notorious mass shootings, U.S.
The focus on suicide is a tragically salient concern: In the past week, two communities that have struggled with mass shootings also have experienced suicides of those who faced the earlier trauma. On Monday, the father of a girl who was killed in the December 2012 massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school was found dead of an apparent suicide; and two teenagers who attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
The National Rifle Association said it supports the concept of legislation that would prevent dangerously mentally ill people from possessing firearms. But it has not backed any of the red flag laws that have passed in recent months because of concerns they violate gun owners’ due process. The NRA supports a federal red flag bill sponsored by Rep.
Everytown and other gun-control groups have focused on state-level bills that make it more difficult for those convicted of domestic violence to get a gun, that allow for guns to be lawfully taken away from those who pose a danger to themselves or others, and that strengthen background checks. The gun-control groups also believe the NRA’s influence is starting to wane, evidenced in part by the sharp decline in the gun rights organization’s spending on midterm elections, plummeting 68 percent in 2018 compared with the 2014 midterms.
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