According to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, policy measures like mandatory gun safety training and waiting periods may help reduce firearm deaths, especially among young people. There have been nearly 2,800 mass shootings in the U.S. since 2018, and according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research organization, 130 of those have taken place this year alone. Meanwhile, gun regulations have gotten increasingly lax in Texas in the last five years.