Is the new senator's gun bill effective in solving gun issues?

Recently, the mass shooting in a high school in Florida has shocked the whole United States. President Trump signaled support for the new bill that aims to improve federal background check system. This bill requires federal agencies to report various felonies, indictment and other crimes into the federal database and creates financial incentives for state agencies to do so.

However, I really doubted whether this bill would be effective in decrease mass shooting. Many mass shooters do not have any criminal records before they commit the felony. This bill only prevents people already with criminal records from owning a gun.

I think direct gun control is the powerful way to eliminate mass shooting. Gun gives people an easy access to hurt others. When someone gets annoyed, owning a gun gives him or her higher probability of going out and shooting people. Even though what matters is not the gun itself but the owner, weapon makes the situation dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/02/19/515e9c0c-1585-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpguns-1052am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.d2f321937291

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