It follows the shooting deaths of 17 students and staff at a high school in Parkland, Florida on February 14.
Most of those leading the calls for change weren't even born when Congress last approved gun control legislation in 1994. And they're up against the National Rifle Association, a powerful gun lobby, which remains opposed to any new restrictions.
But is the mood changing, in a country that has more mass shootings than any other?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom | Guests: Paul Barrett - Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University & author of 'Glock: The Rise of America's Gun'; Richard Feldman - Former Regional Political Director at the National Rifle Association (NRA); Scott Lucas - Professor of American Politics at the University of Birmingham, UK.