Proposal Letter

Gregory K. Dapa

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Public Service as a responsible citizen

October 21, 2019.

Proposal Letter

The gun crisis remains the top-notch issue for America. Many innocent people have lost their lives in mass shootings, and still, it haunts the social fabric of our country. From time to time, Congress, administrations, and law enforcement have worked on limiting the gun crisis, but the efforts appear all in vain. Being American, it comes to us as a responsibility to chalk out workable plans to limit the gun crisis. Considering the values enshrined in the constitution, Americans can never sustain the mass shootings. The gun crisis generates results in a public health crisis that requires urgent action. This proposal highlights some workable action plans to deal with the gun crisis.

Realizing that gun violence is not unavoidable rather preventable. Starting from the Supreme body, Congress, which can and should initiate laws that should prevent gun violence. The simplest and most acceptable manner, in which the Congressman can help initiate the gun laws is by supporting the common sense which exists about the gun crisis. The American Senate should also initiate measures that should substitute the public sense against the gun crisis. The Senate can initiate a bill that urges the background check before allowing a gun license to anyone. There can be some red flag initiatives too to prevent limit the gun crisis too.

The American courts should also have the prerogative to issue orders about the life saving extreme risk protection. There are instances where the red flag law initiatives have served the purpose of limiting the gun crisis in history. Both the red flag laws and the background checks have at prior proved to be beneficial in saving the lives of people. A similar background check initiative was initiated by Congress, some 25 years ago. “An estimate suggests that such initiation of laws by the Congress has helped in blocking some 3.5 million sales of the gun to the prohibited purchasers.

The Senate can also follow the footsteps settled by the House. It can do so by enacting the bipartisan laws or updating the already passed background check. It can keep the guns of the hands of those who don’t need them. This could be the ultimate manner the Congress and the House can block measures to restrict gun crisis. Overwhelming support for blocking gun violence already exists among the public. Another approach to limit gun violence can be initiated by holding the perpetrators and criminals strictly accountable. It can help in drastically reducing hate crimes and mass shootings.

Since these perpetrators make warning videos before initiating mass shootings and upload these videos over social media websites, which easily become viral. The trend of such videos is proliferating sionce exist negligible measures to counter the proliferation of violent videos. Another reason for the mass blowout of such videos remains the absence of regimes about the regulation of social media and the mainstream media. Though there exist different media regulatory regimes in America, a lack of coordination especially with those regulating the social media may result in panic and speedy blowout of distress and fright.

This policy proposal, however, lacks mentioning the institutional mechanism which could be adopted. However, it highlights the basic strategies the American institutions can adopt to limit the gun crisis. There exist many instances where it becomes unavoidable to maintain silence over the mass killings of people; this proposal remains one such effort. Another aspect that makes this proposal durable and forceful is highlighting the institutional weakness. There are instances in our history that speak loud that lack of institutional coordination and synchronization has resulted in creating hurdles, which cost heavily. Once deliberated and streamlined, this proposal can act as a policy measure against limiting the gun crisis.