George Skelton: Single-issue voters have doomed gun control in Congress. Will that ever change?
by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
Aug 12, 2019
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Americans say they want meaningful national gun controls. But they don't want them badly enough - or they'd already have them.
This is what I mean:
Sure, voters tell pollsters Congress should pass legislation to toughen up background checks on gun buyers. Most even want to ban military-style assault weapons.
But gun control is far down the list of voters' priorities. Many other policy issues rank higher: immigration, jobs, schools, climate change....
So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a
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