So please open your mind to this: Taken together, the events of 2016 and the results of the 2018 election will be remembered as the beginning of the end of the gun lobby’s power. The gun lobby’s claims to influence were enhanced when it helped George W. Bush move heavily rural states his way six years later. Voters who told exit pollsters that they cast ballots on the basis of gun policy voted for Democrats overwhelmingly, 70 percent to 29 percent. For example, among voters in households without guns, Democrats in House races prevailed by 72 percent to 26 percent. The 2018 elections should be as empowering for those who want to end our nation’s shameful immobility in confronting mass shootings as the 1994 upheaval was for the gun lobby.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2018 00:22 UTC