Election-related violence isn’t unheard of in the US. A scholar of gun laws explains how the threat is only increased by allowing people to carry firearms as they vote.
- Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the Political Science Department, State University of New York Cortland
Congress tends to be most likely to act after an assassination or assassination attempt of historic proportions or mass shootings. But sometimes lawmakers do nothing beyond debate new measures.
The group, founded in 1871, didn’t try to smother virtually all gun control efforts until the mid-1970s.
America’s love-hate relationship with guns is reaching a new level.
The group, founded in 1871, didn’t try to smother virtually all gun control efforts until the mid-1970s.
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