Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, a gunman killed several innocent school children, their teachers and principal, gunman’s own mother and himself, used a 30-round large capacity magazine that fed into a military style semiautomatic rifle. This incident followed shootings in a theater, a Congressman’s gathering, a high school and several others. All together they brought the gun control debate back to the forefront. President Obama appointed Vice President Biden to head a task force and make recommendations in a month. News reports indicate that the President also considering issuing executive orders.
More than 45 percent of Americans live in a home with one or more guns. A poll conducted by the Gallup four days after the elementary school shooting revealed that more than 54 percent Americans favor the role that the National Rifle Association (NRA) plays. The NRA openly lobbies politicians. The Gallup also finds that Republicans supports NRA more than the Democrats. The NRA has more than four million members. The Pew Research Center who conducted an opinion poll recently finds that Americans are equally divided on support as well as ban on assault weapons similar to the law that expired in 2004.