Analysis: Trump offers the expected rhetoric of gun massacres, but little is expected to change
WASHINGTON - In the immediate aftermath of a crushing national disaster, Americans want a consoler in chief, a president who tries to bind obvious wounds and unify a shattered public.
Then they want results, and usually get them: the strengthening of building regulations after a destructive hurricane; the engineering of safer airplanes after a calamitous crash.
America got its consoler in chief Monday morning when President Donald Trump spoke somberly to the nation from the White House. They are not likely to get results beyond that.
Mass shootings like Sunday night's tragedy in Las Vegas have become outliers: horrific events that lead to almost no change.
As Trump did on Monday, Republicans often respond to
