Issue brief
Firearms and Public Safety
Which safety rules reduce violence without treating every reform as confiscation?
Our position
Compare background checks, storage, trafficking enforcement, crisis intervention, age rules, and weapon-specific proposals with dated evidence and due process.
Why it matters
Public safety and lawful ownership both require mechanism-level honesty.
Evidence
P13 shows older national support for stricter laws and a purchase-age of 21; fieldwork age must remain visible and cannot label a 2026 district.
Strongest objection
Confiscation fears and under-enforcement of existing laws are both common critiques. Score the actual proposal, not a caricature.
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