Gun Safety for All Inc.

For those who don't know, stakeholders are those considered to have a part or claim in a certain topic or issue. In the gun-control debate, there are two major stakeholders, the National RIfle Association (aka the NRA) and the Brady Campaign, who are against gun-control and for it, respectively. 

 

The National Rifle Association (NRA) was started shortly after the Civil War in 1871, by a group of Union officers who were very unimpressed by the performance of Union forces compared to that of the Confederates. The Union forces suffered twice as many casaulties on average at each battle, through the course of the war, and in order to prevent this from happening again, the group of Union officers began to develop training regiments and drills that made the armed forces more capable at handling firearms. Over the course of the years, the NRA's goals began to encompass not only safe and proper use of firearms, but to also promote the Second Amendment while trying to expand the sport of shooting. 

 

The Brady Campaign first started out as the National Council to Control Handguns in 1974, which was established by Dr. Mark Borinsky, a victim of gun-related violence. It soon changed its name to Handgun Control, Inc in 1980, but settled for the Brady Campaign in 2001, in honor of Jim and Sarah Brady, for their hard work to end gun-related violence. Jim was the press secretary to President Ronald Reagan and was seriously injured during an assasination attempt on the President. Sarah however, was the chair to the sister organization of Handgun Control, Inc. called the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. The Brady Campaign's goals are to reduce gun violence in half by 2025, while demanding reform to the gun buying system, making the background checks mandatory and stricter.