THE NEED FOR UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

Abstract

With a continuous rise in gun violence, particularly after the establishment of individual gun rights, and in order to facilitate public safety, the system needs universal laws that limit citizen’s access to guns by those who represent a threat to public safety. In order to avoid violent events from mass shootings to domestic violence issues that use guns as their primary tools, we need to reconsider our current laws and Constitutional interpretations. The proposed solution to this is The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 which has already been passed in the House of Representatives. It is likely to be the first step in reducing gun violence across the nation.