Are Guns to Blame? Trump s Shooting Ignites More Debate – WSJ

Assassination attempts against U.S. presidents have led to major gun laws, but the July 13 shooting at a rally for former President Donald Trump appears unlikely to be a pivotal moment in the divisive U.S. gun debate.

In the days since Trump narrowly escaped a bullet fired from a would-be assassin s rifle, the two sides in America s argument over gun rights remain at odds over whether firearms are the major problem leading to such violence. 

President Biden and some of the nation s leading gun-control groups last week increased calls for a nationwide ban on AR-15s, the gun used in the assassination attempt at Trump s Pennsylvania rally. Republicans and gun-rights groups pushed back, saying that the issue wasn t the gun but rather a massive security failure. Both Trump and his vice presidential running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, left gun policy out of their convention speeches. 

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If we banned guns we wouldn’t have any of these assassination attempts. Of course we probably wouldn’t have any elections either.