President Barack Obama’s gun-control agenda falls into four categories:
Closing background-check loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands; banning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and taking other steps to reduce gun violence; making schools safer; and increasing access to mental-health services.
1. CLOSING BACKGROUND-CHECK LOOPHOLES:
• Require background checks for all gun sales
• Strengthen the background-check system
2. BANNING MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES
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• Get military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines off the streets
• Reinstate and strengthen the ban on assault weapons
• End the freeze on gun-violence research
• Preserve the rights of healthcare providers to protect their patients and communities from gun violence
• Encourage gun owners to live up to their responsibility to store guns safely
3. MAKING SCHOOLS SAFER
• Put up to 1,000 more school resource officers and counselors in schools and help schools invest in safety
• Ensure every school has a comprehensive emergency-management plan
• Create a safer climate at schools across the country
4. IMPROVING MENTAL-HEALTH SERVICES
• Make sure students and young adults get treatment for mental-health issues
• Ensure coverage of mental-health treatment
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