#Gun Control

A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds 21% of Americans say they have personally been threatened with a gun, 19% say a family member was killed by a gun (including death by suicide), and 17% have personally witnessed someone being shot. Smaller shares have personally shot a gun in self-defense

“Six people were shot and killed inside a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Tuesday night, the authorities said, shattering the routine of residents who were picking up supplies for Thanksgiving during a busy holiday week,” the New York Times reports. It’s absolute madness that we tolerate these

A new Gallup poll finds that 66% of Americans “want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter — up 14 percentage points from October, and the highest since after the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.” “A record-high 55% of Americans have an appetite for not only enforcing existing gun

President Joe Biden told reporters this morning that he’s “not confident” lawmakers will be able to pass gun legislation, noting how he served in Congress for 36 years. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sounded a similar note last week saying it was “not likely” there would be 60 votes

This post for members was written by Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communication and History at American University and a former political speechwriter.  Imagine the vitriol the National Rifle Association and its Republican acolytes would direct at a politician who endorses “reasonable