Angry at the NRA? That Won’t Reduce Gun Violence
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Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Support for stricter U.S. gun lawshasn’t jumped as fast or as far in recent weeks as many liberalshad hoped and expected. If you’re wondering why, maybe thereason is the shakiness of the public’s trust in governmentitself.
After the horrific murders three weeks ago at Sandy HookElementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, gun-control advocatesconfidently predicted that a wave of revulsion would sweep thenation. We would, in the popular argot, “hit the reset button,”beginning a fresh debate on new terms.