国际英语资讯:Yearender: Americans facing mass shooting milestone in 2019 with no progress in gun control_时事

国际英语资讯:Yearender: Americans facing mass shooting milestone in 2019 with no progress in gun control

"The first would be so-called 'Red Flag' laws that prevent the mentally ill and convicted violent felons from owning or purchasing guns. While it won't stop all illegal ownership or purchases, it's a start." he said.

Taylor also supports mandatory background checks for all private gun purchases and banning assault-type weapons and personal ownership of bump stocks for these types of weapons.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal are working on a "red-flag" bill, which would permit guns to be removed from people who act as if they are considering conducting an attack or have known mental-health problems. The White House has not got behind any measure presented, said the University of Maryland researcher Clay Ramsay.

Looking into the future, both Taylor and Li predicted there is no quick fix to the gun violence problem. The continual patterns of shootings in the United States have created a high degree of entrenched political polarization between the Republicans and Democrats.

In view of the fact that U.S. Congress is divided with the Democrats controlling the House of Representatives and the Republicans holding the majority in the Senate, there is little chance of a legislative breakthrough in gun legislation, said experts.

With general election coming in 2020, expert expected no positive change in terms of gun violence.

"I would put the chances very low - perhaps 1 in 12," said Ramsay, referring to the possibility of passing any gun-related legislation in the upcoming election year.