We may want to frame the issue slightly differently when we talk to students than when we talk to the off-campus media. There is a gun distribution disaster that lets guns into the wrong hands. Our background check system has kept more than 500,000 guns out of the wrong hands, but the system has loopholes big enough to drive a truckload of guns through. Our existing gun control laws are inadequate. Most of our gun laws are outdated local ordinances with no teeth.
Criminals exploit the weakest links in the system.
Our national laws are riddled with loopholes thanks to the gun lobby. These extremists are well-armed for political battles with the American mainstream. The NRA has hundreds of employees and high powered lobbyists. They have systematically worked to defeat politicians who supported the limited assault weapon ban and the Brady background check bill. They stand in the way of mainstream common sense gun policy.