Sunday, December 23, 2012

Newtown: Stricter federal gun control a longshot

Guns seized in California. /Image via oag.ca.gov


Looks like the country is evenly split on stricter gun control. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released a national poll Dec. 20 that found Americans divided on gun control and gun rights, with little change in opinions after the Sandy Hook killings.

Given the gridlock track record of the current Congress, continued Republican control of the House and Democratic control of the Senate next year, and the Second Amendment's status as a third raid of GOP politics, major gun control legislation is going to face stiff opposition in Washington.

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