… Asked to size up how the government is doing on protecting a variety of rights and freedoms spelled out in the Bill of Rights and federal law, Americans pointed to slippage almost everywhere but most dramatically on the matters of guns and voting rights. The impression of a declining […] Read more »
What Can the Colorado Recall Tell Us About 2014?
Last week, Republicans successfully recalled two sitting Democratic state legislators who supported gun control legislation, including one from a district that gave Obama almost 60 percent of the vote. In the aftermath of this surprising outcome, many Democrats blamed “voter suppression,” arguing that an inability to vote by mail disenfranchised […] Read more »
Americans Fault Mental Health System Most for Gun Violence
Forty-eight percent of Americans blame the mental health system “a great deal” for mass shootings in the United States, unchanged from January 2011. At the same time, fewer blame easy access to guns now (40%) than two years ago (46%), making the mental health system the perceived top cause of […] Read more »
Gun loophole, Syria unite partisans
Two issues — intervention in Syria and the gun show loophole — are not being highlighted like they should be. These two topics are well positioned to unexpectedly bust down the partisan walls that have entrapped Congress in its do-nothing culture. [cont.] David Hill (Hill Research Consultants), The Hill Read more »
Recall Vote on Guns Exposes Rift in Colorado’s Blue Veneer
… After years of gains propelled by shifting demographics and voter attitudes, Democrats now control the state legislature and the governor’s mansion, and make up most of Colorado’s Congressional delegation. But state officials said that the recalls showed how Colorado’s political pendulum could still swing in surprising directions, and that […] Read more »
How The NRA Built A Massive Secret Database Of Gun Owners
The National Rifle Association has rallied gun-owners — and raised tens of millions of dollars — campaigning against the threat of a national database of firearms or their owners. But in fact, the sort of vast, secret database the NRA often warns of already exists, despite having been assembled largely […] Read more »