83 Percent Of Republican College Students Favor Requiring Universal Background Checks For Gun Purchases
The topic of gun control is present in American political discourse on a nearly continuous basis, often most loudly after a shooting. Most recently, Representatives Dan Crenshaw and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez debated universal background checks on Twitter after seven people were killed and 25 were wounded during a shooting in Texas on Saturday. Crenshaw claimed it would prevent him from loaning a firearm to a friend for self-defense purposes. Ocasio-Cortez argued gun owners shouldn’t be loaning firearms to anyone because the owner could never be certain of the borrower’s background....