Democrats are changing their minds about gun laws and elections
ON MAY 6th, the day Senator Cory Booker published his presidential plan to cut gun violence, there were two shootings in his state of New Jersey, in which two people were injured. Across America, that day alone, there were 71 shootings, in which 14 died and dozens were wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research organisation. It reckons that so far this year guns have killed 4,764 Americans, including 873 teenagers—and 196 children.
No such national programme currently exists, but research suggests that licensing is the best way to cut America’s gun death rate, which is by far the highest in the rich world. Mr Booker cited a study from 2015 that shows gun deaths in Connecticut dropped by 40% after the state introduced a gun licensing programme. Massachusetts, which requires buyers to obtain a permit—a weeks’ long process involving an interview and a background check—has one of the lowest gun death rates in America.
Their political calculus seems to be changing. Thanks in part to a new student-led movement for gun control that was sparked by a mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last February, the issue was prominent in November’s mid-terms. In at least 12 races, Democrats given an “F” rating by the National Rifle Association kicked out “A”-rated Republicans.
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