Gail Collins: 'Most Americans — a recent Pew survey says 58% — think we ought to have stricter gun laws. About two-thirds favor banning super-killer weapons like assault-style rifles. And 88% favor preventing mentally ill people from buying guns.'
Americans are really in need of some good news. This time of year, we have to live with a deluge of terrible stories about mass shootings, snuffing out the lives of people who were just going about their business when some guy comes by and starts firing into the crowd.
We can’t possibly keep constant watch on all the disturbed people in our country. But you really would think we’d do a better job of keeping them from being armed. On the cheery side, proponents of sane rules about weaponry will remind you of the huge victory last summer, when Congress passed a bipartisan bill increasing funds for gun-safety programs and tightening a loophole in the law barring spouses with a history of violent behavior from getting guns. Now a similar rule applies to live-in partners who aren’t married.Enter the Supreme Court. The justices have decided that later this year, they’ll take up what’s known as the Rahimi case.
Next stop, the Supremes, who haven’t been too sympathetic to gun-safety laws lately. Last year, the majority ruled that New York couldn’t limit the types of people allowed to carry a concealed weapon around town. The New York philosophy had been that keeping a weapon for defense in your home is one thing and wearing one outside is another.
There’s also talk in the Senate about passing a safe-storage law that would basically require people with little kids to keep their loaded guns in a place where the children can’t reach them. I know, doesn’t seem like a big lift, but you’re still talking about defying the wishes of the gun lobby.
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