The weekend’s deadly massacres in El Paso and Dayton served as a grim reminder of past inaction on gun policy. …
In the past, such atrocities have quickly faded from the public consciousness because gun-rights groups are better organized than their gun-control rivals, as well as able to more effectively inspire their members to vote their beliefs at the ballot box. …
However, the growing salience of high-profile shootings by white nationalists could change these dynamics. CONT.
Brendan Nyhan (Dartmouth), GEN