On the 24th, a month after the shooting that killed 21 people at an elementary school in Texas, the House of Commons assists the state government to temporarily confiscate guns from people who are considered extremely dangerous. We have passed a gun control bill that includes things like that.

On May 24, an 18-year-old man broke into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and fired a gun, killing 21 people, including 19 children.

The man was shot dead on the spot.



At the elementary school on the scene, a cross with the names of the victims was erected, people prayed for 24 days, and visitors said, "The procedure for selling guns should be strict." I did.

In the wake of the incident, there was a growing demand for gun control in the United States, and the House of Commons on the 24th included financial support for the state government to confiscate guns from people who were considered extremely dangerous. We have passed a bill to tighten gun control.



It is expected to be passed soon with the signature of President Biden, and it is the first time in 28 years for a full-scale gun control, the local media has widely reported.



However, in the United States, on the 23rd of the previous day, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that the state law of New York, which restricts the carrying of pistols, violates the constitution that guarantees the right to own a gun. The division is still going on.

The gun control bill passed this time

The gun control bill passed this time also includes support for enacting a gun control law called the "Red Flag Law" in each state.



The "Red Flag Law" is a legal system that allows you to temporarily confiscate a gun from a person who is considered to be extremely dangerous, such as trying to threaten with a gun. Applies.



The confiscation is done at the court's discretion based on an application from the police, etc., and has been introduced in 19 states and the capital Washington in the United States.



In southern Florida, it was introduced after a shooting incident that killed 17 people including high school students in 2018, and the temporary confiscation has reached about 9,000 cases in the four years until April.



Of these, Sheriff Grady Judd of the Sheriff's Office in Pork County, who had the most confiscations in the state, said, "If anyone threatens to cause a gun-based incident, don't carry a gun. Of course, if you want to get rid of the shootings, the judiciary needs to be able to intervene. "



Regarding the effect of the "Red Flag Law," the University of California, Davis investigated about 200 cases of confiscation and found that in 30% of cases, the subject was threatened with a shooting incident. "It is very effective in that we were able to eliminate the danger in cases where the risk of shooting was high."



"The purpose of this law is to pick up guns from responsible citizens," said Mike Roller, a professor at New Haven University who was involved in drafting a bill in Eastern Connecticut, the first country to introduce the "Red Flag Act." Instead, it's about preventing guns from falling into the hands of those who shouldn't have them. " doing.

Allow teachers to carry guns in Texas

In Texas, a conservative state of the South of the United States, Republican Governor Abbott is opposed to tightening gun control and allows trained teachers to carry guns to keep schools safe. We are promoting a policy called "plan".



According to a state-consigned training facility, attendance has increased since the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.



Schools that have introduced the "Guardian Plan" indicate at the entrance of the school building that "the school is protected by armed staff."



However, for safety reasons, we do not tell children or parents which teacher is carrying the gun.



In addition, when a suspicious person with a gun comes in, we have introduced a facility that can lock the doors of all school buildings with the touch of a button, and we are taking safety measures on the premise that gun crime can occur.



The idea that teachers should carry guns was also shown last month by former President Trump at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Texas, a lobbying group that opposes gun control.