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The Real Reason Obama Didn’t Pass Gun Control
Democrats had downplayed the issue for years.
If they’re serious about changing things, that needs to stop now.
- Bill Scher
- Politico
After every mass shooting, there’s a new ritual: sharing an old Twitter post from a British columnist that says: “In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate.
Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.”
But “America” decided no such thing after the December 2012 elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn.
Poll after poll in early 2013 showed a near-unanimous consensus of Americans supporting…