Gun Control Measures On Ballot In Four States

Gun control may be still be a non-starter in the US Congress, but progress continues to build in the individual states around the country. In November, four states will have some form of gun control on the ballot. In California, which already has some of the strictest laws in the nation, voters will have a chance to ban large-capacity magazines. In Washington, there will be a vote an restricting gun ownership for potentially dangerous citizens. And in Nevada and Maine, expanded background checks will be on the ballot. Voters usually have a more positive view of gun control than their legislators who are in the pocket of the NRA and these type of ballot measures have more often than not been successful. And the Supreme Court has usually found that most of these reasonable voter-approved gun control measure are actually constitutional. So, while the NRA may be winning the war in Washington, DC, the story in individual states around the country is quite different.