While most in the media and Democrats push the angle of gun control to solve the issue of mass killings in America, and are blaming President Trump, there are alternative options that are seen by others as possibilities on how to stop the violence.
ABC News took a look at the gun laws in the two states where the mass shootings happened over the weekend and classified them as ‘relatively lax’. Both states allow for open and concealed carry, but do not have full constitutional carry. In fact, looking back at every mass shooting, there doesn’t appear to be one that has occurred in a state that allows it’s citizens to carry open or concealed without a permit.
In April, a constitutional carry bill stalled in Texas. Perhaps if that law had been passed, it could have made the shooter think twice before entering the Wal Mart.
In Ohio, there is a bill that has been introduced and is moving its way to a vote but still has to go through another committee before it might see the floor. If it is able to pass, they would join South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Kentucky as states that have passed such a law this year. Overall, it would be the 17th state.
President Trump called today on stronger background checks as a step towards a potential solution but it remains to be seen how much that would actually help. In Chicago, they have some of the strictest gun laws in the nation and still, 7 were fatally shot over the weekend.
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