Top Story: An assault weapons ban and a “big” package on gun control is looking less and less likely, just one month after the mass shooting in Newtown, CT, made people think that “this time is different.”
- “You .. get the sense that the air is leaking ever-so-slightly out of this balloon that is called gun control — as those advocating new government regulations start accepting the political realities on Capitol Hill.” (First Read)
- NRA President: Assault Weapons Ban unlikely to pass. (Slate)
- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia: Assault Weapons Ban unlikely to pass. (The Fix)
- Which is all good news for the gun industry, whose sales are climbing. (The New York Times)
- It’s also kind of amazing, as the NRA may not represent as many millions as it claims. (Mother Jones)
- Polls: Voters believe gun laws are too lax but that that stricter laws won’t significantly reduce deaths from gun violence. (The Hill)
- Of course, the public would know more if the gun lobby hadn’t successfully blocked research into gun violence. A new report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns: (Mayors Against Illegal Guns)
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