that have some form of safe storage law on the books, according to the Giffords Law Center, a gun violence prevention organization. 'I said, 'You’re telling me that guy who owned that gun faces no consequences?' and he said, 'That’s correct.'' He said one of his first thoughts was, 'Well, doesn’t Oregon have a safe storage gun law?' The officer told him no. The shooter at the Clackamas Town Center Mall in Oregon killed Forsyth and 54-year-old hospice nurse Cindy Yuille with a Stag Arms AR-15 rifle that he had taken from a friend, who had purchased the gun legally but left it loaded and unsecured in his house, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office public information officer told Kemp. Their perspectives represent slices of the highly charged debate that plays out at the national level between advocates, legislators and groups such as the NRA. So, ABC News interviewed some gun owners to get their perspective on potential solutions to the spate of gun violence plaguing the country. Many people who own firearms agree that violence is a problem - but fundamentally disagree as to why, leaving the debate at an impasse. is awash in guns, with nearly 400 million in the United States, according to a 2018 report from the Small Arms Survey, a Switzerland-based global research project.Īnd gun violence has been rising in the past several years (gun deaths are up 56% from 2014-2020, and injuries increased 73% in the same time period, according to Gun Violence Archive). And check back tomorrow, when we look at Chicago’s violence disruptors and how they try to bring peace. to hear more about gun violence from experts during roundtable discussions. Kemp said he had 'no idea that we had such a patchwork of gun laws around the country.' While he noted the National Firearms Act, first enacted in 1934, the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Brady Law, which amended the GCA in 1993, there is a 'a lot of latitude for very weak gun laws in states,' he said. He also said he was taught about gun safety growing up and thought he had a good understanding of the gun laws in the country.īut when his brother-in-law, Steve Forsyth, a youth sports coach and father of two, was shot and killed by a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle in 2012, 'I realized how misinformed I was,' he said. He grew up in Michigan and owns a hunting rifle, a couple of handguns and a.

Paul Kemp, a founding board member and the president of Gun Owners for Responsible Ownership, has been a gun owner for most of his life. (NEW YORK) - This report is a part of 'Rethinking Gun Violence,' an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. What some firearm owners think could solve gun violence in America

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