‘Gated political thinking’ thwarts progress on guns

Horrific mass shootings in Texas and upstate New York within the past two weeks have fueled a new public outcry for gun reform.

 

But even Democrats admit that, when it comes to federal action, this time might not be different from all those that have gone before.

 

Measures to enact even modest gun reforms have run aground for years on Capitol Hill.

 

There is another push underway now, after 21 people, including 19 children, were shot dead in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. The tragedy came only 10 days after 10 people were killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y.