Gregg Easterbrook

In the following viewpoint, Gregg Easterbrook claims that gun safety devices such as trigger locks would greatly reduce the incidence of gun deaths. He argues that mandatory gun safety standards would not violate citizens’ constitutional right to own firearms because the Second Amendment gives power to the states to regulate guns. According to Easterbrook, mandatory gun safety standards would merely regulate guns in the same way that other consumer products are regulated in an effort to improve public safety. Gregg Easterbrook is a senior editor for the New Republic and Beliefnet.com.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Easterbrook, how many Americans died in firearm accidents in 1996?
2. How much do magazine safety devices cost, as stated by the author?
3. According to the author, what percentage of Americans favor gun-safety regulation"

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