The contentious topic, the cost of guns and fire arms, and their impact on society the, the firearms industry is a significant player in the us economy, generating billions and revenue annually and supporting thousands of jobs across the manufacturing retail and related sectors and as a market size of over 21000000000. 20 and is expected to grow 5 percent. The u. S. Is also the Worlds Largest export of arms with saudi arabia. But being the main recipient of 22 percent. The 5 largest arms export as include the us, followed by russia, france, germany, and china, which together accounts for 75 percent of global exports. The us alone accounts for 39 percent. Montana has the highest rate of gun ownership in the us, followed by wyoming, alaska, idaho, and west virginia. Meanwhile, new jersey has the lowest rate, followed by massachusetts, rhode island, hawaii, and new york to the u. S. Has far more civilian own firearms than any other nation in the world. The country with the 2nd most firearms compared to us is canada with 72 percent fewer guns per 100. 00 citizens. Meanwhile, texas, not surprisingly, has more actual guns stockpiled than any other state. It is estimated that texas has over 1000000 guns and just over 29000000 residence, florida trails in 2nd place with just over 500000 guns. Currently, more than 40 percent of households have at least one fire on this number has increased by 15 percent since 1994 with 18 percent buying more firearms. During the pandemic. More than 15000000 americans have a file im in their home for the 1st time today. Estimates very on how many guns are circulating today in the us, but most sources suggests that guns out number americans, gun ownership can be a wonderful thing. It can give a person a sense of responsibility over their own life in a way that people who dont own them cant fully grasp. But even budget fire arms involved a significant expense. The price of gun ownership has more than just the initial hand gun sale. But there is more such as ammunition and any ancillary accessories, such as a safe, your protection, holster, cleaning supplies, i protection, etc. But the biggest cost of owning a firearm is the cost to society. One of the most pressing questions regarding civilian fire ownership is to far as result in more death with a relationship here is unclear whether us has more fire arms than any other country. Brazil el salvador, mexico and greenland have higher rates of gun related debts in texas, california, georgia, illinois, and florida have more homicide and suicide desks than any other state in 2021. However, these 5 states have a fire or ownership rate of only 15 per 1000. 00 people. This suggests that there is no direct correlation between gun ownership and fire arm related deaths. In fact, these 5 states have relatively low firearm ownership rates. However, more americans have died from gun violence and 20202021 than any prior year on record to gun related homicides and suicides. Total 488302021. And the shootings of children nearly doubled during the pandemic. The nation also endeared a Record Number of Mass Shootings in 2021 where there were 690 incidents in which 4 or more people were shot. And now today were joined by civil rights attorney robert patello. Now robert, can you provide an overview of the Economic Significance of the gun industry in the us, including revenue, employment, and contributions to the local economies of what people to the standards of the gulf industry in america, the largest industry. So in the country, we have over 330000000 guns and america. Some estimates over the 5400000000 firearms. I in the hands of america, this is more the one part citizen i in many states, i have companies, loc and ready to their major pointers of state where im at once georgia. I would have many major corporations move to the state because of their tax laws. Because of the laws of the constitutional kerry, then it doesnt look like this. The slowing down, what would seem of the weight of the pandemic is massive spikes and gun owners of among people were member gun owners previously of to group such as black and latino women are the Fastest Growing sectors when it comes to go on gun owners of ours in self defense classes nationwide be on no cap to the brands and after gateway system, particularly if im meeting minority communities, i feel that the nation was all the point of a soul. Or i was hoping to stop hiring engineers, start calling guns and fire alarm classes for building firearms have been on the never more populated. So these are the gun industry in the mirror right now. Do the booming industry to all. And how does gun ownership in the us compared to other countries in terms of per capita ownership, rates, regulation and cultural attitudes towards firearms, america really gun culture through and through as doors calling once thats where the golden cousin really has rocking some bombs in the nearest land, were kind of steep those idea of the fierce independent militia. Maybe we must get rid of fighting back against the british red pulse of the regulars. We have reading to our constitution, the 2nd amendment. I want people to remember and so they were doing amendments. The 1st one was free, it was free when there was a wait the 2nd, but maybe it was gods that of how about how important do they want to call to those . Here in america L Supreme Court has a firm to get it. Again, this is indeed an individual right in the siding, right. Whats the only important to melissa is our right is only important. One is not a right. Theres only according to the military. They know from individual lives right to, to have firearms in this country. Because of this, we have a state level laws that regulate firewalls to refer to the step. So northern states by large have much stricter dont laws. So youre in a state like maryland, and you want to own a firearm. You have to use the you have to buy him a round limit to your magazine. You have to the classes in order to own a, a pistol or a role in the state or to be licensed. With that, you have to have a certain careers where you deal with the public or we deal with large amounts of money, or we may be endangered or even apply for firefights. Since youre directly across the board in virginia, all thats out the window you. If it was on a walmart or somewhere else, a you have on the start shooting. I really depends on what part of the country youre in regards to the regulations. Its see. Minutes they just went into whats called constitutional carry a constitutional carriers because of the because the 2nd amendment is the cost to so right . Just before some of those costs do so right, that there should be no will probably be required visiting dont be the permit. The 1st amendment is anita permit to you. The 2nd amendment of 4 states of the state insurance. You have no rules with doors and licensing for public carrying firewalls in carry close to one of your help, a concealed carry a firearm without a permit. Is illegal for Law Enforcement to ask you why you have that firearm in any location where youre allowed to have it . Businesses have to give this visual variances to stop you from carry your fire on to those locations. American women bends over backwards to big tubs as accessible as possible to the most individuals as possible. And we prepare to see other countries of almost unheard of internationally by countrywide suite. And i have one of the largest largest growing populations in europe. It has been one for every 10 household versus america where we have more than one firearm out per household. But for every individual in the country and goes on with assembly or continue to go out. Because that balance, he continues to involve Something Like a cult 19 by uh, 1919 coastal pills lives over a 100 years old. Well, 31. 00 would be the factory to build that in 2023. You need a computer to print that off on a free bridge, or you can program it into a wiper lake and having to grow 3 of for a little bit of produce at almost no cost to build a custom offer that will solve goals going to be banned early this year. Probably wont be any goes cuz its just a piece of plastic. And you can print that off. On a 3 d printer, they have an operational firearms, all the unregistered accessories within the hours of 15 lower. For example. You can take an old or 15 lower and put it into casting fan and cast your own lower out of that, drill a few holes and have a fully false the air of 15 and a few hours. So in terms of the progress of technology is almost impossible to know exactly how many firearms are that are in america. And were in whats impossible to try to stop those firearms. Because now they can be produced by almost anybody at any point in time. And are the lessons that can be learned from International Approaches to gun control and violence prevention either. Absolutely, this is a, we can work on internationally. Were going to go to control one. We know that the wholesale bands on firearms, on a national level, to simply do not work. What weve seen in countries where you do have those sorts of vans. Everyone, the only people have guns are to criminals. Are the people who are in games or part of what kind of crimes the individuals were in the list of a tape video billy for a while waiting for the individuals to be able to protect themselves of those communities, however, that lives under dialed in america has a problem, shoot, we have a problem with school shoot, we have a problem. Were almost getting part of American Life has been shut up. Will there be churches, of shopping malls, entertainment complexes, etc. And weve had a mass, you go through that. There was a, a cru, joe on the internet uh earlier this week after the uh, the trash terrorist attack in russia. Where people say, youll never see that happening in america because ours are shooters wanna shop the terrorist before they started shooting up the the concert as a chrome, jo, but heres when you moved over a mass you can see in the mirror. So we have to work on using a leveraging technology to sort of gums and not getting into the hands of the right people. We should put in place mandatory background checks as well as mandatory Training Classes for individuals positive. Theyre not simply getting scared by the golf for 200. 00 and then going out and start shooting and hold them for the best. Ive been waiting period for very much a reasonable aspect of gun control because of so might be able to leave bits of an argument, maintenance or not be able to directly run to the store by and got the return to whatever the height of the situation was. So there are smart approaches that can be taken big gun control to really read the dangers associated with will got files. But i dont think those will require the whole so disarm in america, American Public. And can you provide insights into the toll of gun by lens in the us, including the number of lives lost injuries, the stain and the broader societal impact, the wound care of the the negative externalities has been a part of the culture in america. One of the street gains of the role many major cities in many minutes is now Young Children as young as might in 10 years old carrying guns and doing carts, actions of your se, washington dc, or baltimore, atlanta, chicago, new york. Los angeles of this is the real problem. We also have to look at the effect of the insecurity of also American Public spaces. That because of the, the, the major pilots in this country, many people feel disquieted, go to public convictions, all accounts to the chief parade this year for the super bowl. Ill be interrupted by gun violence. Weve seen charts Services Week interrupted by god, violence. And we have to find the balance of the, in the United States of america, be able to have a free and open society, but also societies. There was but the 2nd amendment of respect to the right. So kind owners, weve tried meeting things for many things have failed, but what has to be be put into place are the types of smart technology, Smart Strategies that can be used to keep the have out of the get, keep close out of the hands of bad people, but make sure they have all by themselves and have the right to protect themselves and to protect in fact, protect their families of this as something that is so in for. So the mirror are going to try to be in all day tomorrow. Good luck finding all of them. If you want to. Bailey yourself. Maybe theres some people to make him, you know, some in their basements. If you want to simply say what were going to be all so right. Well, well, ill put a one in stock on my a or 15. It wont lubricant or fault, rightfully more. Of the most of the slogan the are in subject matter when it comes to discussing for others. Just simply dont work and we have to have smart conversations about how we can leverage technology, how we can leverage social good allocated sure that were protecting communities while also historic individual rights and were doing deliveries that are a lot of our constitutional values. Thank you. So much robert, for all your time today are coming up after the break will be joined by another gun expert to talk about americas unique gun culture. And the risk posed by what experts referred to as goes guns. Dont go away. The, [000 00 00;00] the, the americas relationship with guns is unique and its gun culture is a global outlier. On the one hand, only a guide is a right imbedded in the 2nd amendment. But on the other hand, it is a privilege that should be regulated. There are about a 120 guns for every 100 americans according to the latest data, but that number could actually be much, much higher. Goes guns, have created a major Public Safety issue. Goes guns are often assembled from d i. Y kits are produced during 3 d printing technology. They have no serial number and are untraceable, presenting a significant challenge for Law Enforcement as they circumvent traditional background checks and registration requirements, making them attractive to criminals and individuals seeking to evade detection. These kits are readily available and relatively cheap. The rise of goes guns have also been accompanied by a surge in conversion devices that transform legal, semi automatic weapons into fully automatic firearms. Police have seen a rise of 570 percent, and the number of conversion devices in a 1083 percent increase in ghost guns. Between 20172021. The increasing ease of Internet Sales has made obtaining weapons easier than ever. A goes gun could cost as little as 200. 00 as prince and designs on how to 3 print them, circulate, chat rooms. In contrast, many countries have chosen to ban guns altogether except for private security companies, militias, or paramilitary groups. These countries include cambodia now these Solomon Islands and a handful of others. Meanwhile, other countries like singapore dont ban guns altogether, but is the strictest country in the world. When it comes to gun laws to own a gun, you must belong to a gun club and you must leave your gun at the club for storage. No guns are allowed at home. Theres also a mountain of paperwork to fill out when you apply for ownership and permits are only valid for one year at a time. Anyone who illegally owns a gun or even a munition faces at least 5 years in jail. China is also quite strict, making it illegal to own gun powder, ammunition, or guns or risk facing prison. Japan basically ban citizens from possessing, carrying, buying, and selling firearms, as well as important gun parts unless they have a gun license, which is notoriously hard to obtain. Candidates must take a written exam as well as a shooting range test, where accuracy needs to be above 95 percent. The only guns you can own in japan are shot guns. An air rifles, no hand guns or automatics. Australia used to have a relax policy about gun ownership, but in the past couple of decades that has changed as well. They made the process of buying and only a gun as inconvenient as possible with a lot of paperwork and licenses that must be renewed each year. When the government passed this law, it also offer a buyback scheme to encourage citizens to hand in these guns. This led to about 700000 guns being destroyed. And so for this one more, lets bring in steve a bromwoods, host of heartland journals, tennessee podcast. Now steve, how easy is it for individuals to legally obtain fire arms in the us and what process sees and regulations governing the purchase and ownership of firearms . Its getting harder for sure. Uh for uh, you know, a 2nd amendment. It says shall not be infringed. They certainly figure out lots of ways to do it on fire. Arm licensing laws generally require those who wish to obtain a gun to undergo a background check and apply in person submit Additional Information like fingerprints directly to Law Enforcement, complete a Firearm Safety course. Wait for the application to be processed before acquiring a gun. Uh california in new jersey or the states that have the strictest gun laws in the nation. California, california requires a 10 day waiting period for organ purchases, as well as through background checks for all gun purchases and everybody has to go through an f b i background check to to walk away with a gun. Are their ongoing debates and legal challenges surrounding gun control measures such as background checks, waiting periods, and restrictions on certain types of firearms . Sure, every state has their, their, their means of doing this in tennessee for example. Theres a bill that would allow school staff to carry concealed hand guns on campus. Our governor li, once red flag laws based on Mental Health and reaction to the covenant christian trans. Active is killing of 6 people. Democrats in the house that they want to see something stronger from governor lee. This was a char 1574. 00, which would expand that existing order of protection law that encompasses Domestic Violence cases. In the, as the way the bill was written, this would be dubbed as a temporary Mental Health order protection. Meaning those in question will have to be notified and given the opportunity to stand before a judge. And also in this past the big one point, something trillion dollar bill this week was ethans Law Legislature named in honor of ethan song, a teenage