Expect a stalemate as one set of guys with guns squares off against another set of guys with guns.
Senate Democrats unveiled a set of gun control measures on Thursday in a new attempt to address the US's problem with gun violence.
Research has shown that in some cities, guns used to commit crimes often come from a small set of gun dealers.
Newtown, in the end, changed nothing; the overwhelming national consensus to tighten a ridiculously lax set of gun laws was stopped cold.
Midnight on this year's anniversary found the Connecticut legislature hammering out the details of a comprehensive set of gun laws billed as the strictest set of policies in the nation.
Now, after another massacre at an elementary school by a gunman wielding a semiautomatic rifle, the Obama administration is working to develop a new set of gun-control proposals.
And the United States has never been able to do what Mr. Howard did: forge a broad agreement on a sweeping set of gun control measures that applies to the entire nation.
"This shows how significant a shift it is that this year, in this cycle, presidential hopefuls are proactively addressing the country's gun violence problem," said Erika Soto Lamb, communications director for Everytown for Gun Safety, which also released a set of gun control proposals on Monday.
Rhode is referring to a new set of gun control measures, one of which requires a background check for ammunition purchases, in the same way that background checks are required for guns in the state – but there doesn't appear to be any limit on the amount of ammunition that can be purchased at once.
In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott (R) defied the NRA on Friday by signing into law a new set of gun regulations that imposes a three-day waiting period for most purchases of long guns, raises the minimum age for buying those weapons to 21 and bans the possession of bump stocks.
