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Calls for gun control after the Virginia Tech massacre were muted.(The Week)(Brief article)
Calls for gun control after the Virginia Tech massacre were muted. Democratic politicians have seen the issue backfire on them too many times to take it up again. Only a few editorial pages took up the cause. There has been no rush of anti-gun legislation in state capitols. Quite the contrary: In the weeks since the killings, Kansas has enacted a law strengthening citizens' right to carry concealed weapons, and Tennessee has made it easier for citizens to use guns legally in self-defense. Texas governor Rick Perry has even urged that the state stop ...
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