Analysis: We’ve tried almost nothing, and we’re all out of ideas, Philip Bump writes.
that killed eight people, Kelly offered a tidy distillation of the right’s view of such events — though one that perhaps betrays her relative inexperience leaning into such fights.“Serious q for gun control advocates: you’ve failed to effect change. Pls face it.
The second is that Kelly appears not to understand that her side’s position isn’t alternatives to new gun laws but, in practice, virtual inaction.To the first point, it’s well established that most Americans think that gun laws should be tightened. Polling from Kelly’s former employer, Fox News, shows thatsupport a range of laws limiting ownership, from raising the age at which you can own a gun to expanding background checks. In almost every case, that includes a heavy majority of Republicans.
New polling in Texas itself shows support for new restrictions on guns. A University of Texas-Texas Politics Project polllast week shows that about three-quarters of Texans at least somewhat support laws allowing the government to mandate the surrender of weapons by those deemed to be a risk — “red flag” laws. Three-quarters also express support for increasing the minimum age of gun ownership.
So why doesn’t Texas pass such a law? That’s in large part because its legislature is still controlled by Republican majorities. Among Republicans, support for such laws is lower, and almost no one sees addressing gun safety as a top priority for the state legislature. That’s why, despite that national support for new gun laws, none are passed. Republican voters support legislation in the abstract, but specific bills are often picked apart in isolation. What’s more, Republican voters generally aren’t choosing candidates based on their support for new gun laws; culture war issues are a much more potent driver of votes and yield legislators who are uninterested in supporting measures to limit gun ownership.
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