After a series of recent mass shootings, the latest Fox News national survey shows bipartisan support for a range of gun reform laws, especially background checks on all gun buyers. In general, a 56% majority believes that having tougher gun laws would reduce mass shootings in the United States, while […] Read more »
The good news about gun control isn’t the bipartisan deal
There is good news about gun policy in America. But it’s not the bipartisan agreement that emerged on Capitol Hill this week. … First, those involved in public policy who are not accountable to hardcore Republican voters have come to agree that guns are the problem. As a result, many […] Read more »
Military-style weapons get the star treatment in Hollywood
Now that serious discussions are underway in Congress about how to reduce gun violence, it is time to consider a factor that is often ignored: Hollywood’s glorification of military-style firearms. Our team of researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania has documented the increasing use […] Read more »
Support for gun rights has eroded after nearly a decade of mass shootings, poll shows
Six out of 10 Americans think it is more important to control gun violence than protect gun rights, a significant rise over the last decade evident in the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, as mass shootings continue to erupt across the U.S. And as midterm elections approach, seven of 10 people […] Read more »
Biden unites country, but it’s not what you think
On Monday, gas prices hit another record high. A new poll showed the country slipping into what might be appropriately called a season of discontent. And the commander in chief forgot to remember D-Day, saving his skin with a last-minute, late-night tweet. Just the kickoff to another week in the […] Read more »
Is This the End of the George Floyd Moment?
Since the massive nationwide protests that erupted in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, the debate over crime and public safety in the Democratic Party has been dominated by urgent calls for reforming police departments and confronting entrenched racial inequities in the criminal-justice system. History might record yesterday’s elections […] Read more »