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Office Hours: How to take on the gun lobby?
Published 3 years, 8 months ago
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Friends,
The United States suffered 10 mass shootings over the past weekend, bringing this year's total of mass shootings to 144 so far. While a majority of Americans of both parties (including a majority of gun owners) support measures such as universal background checks and red flag laws, the gun industry has successfully pressured lawmakers (primarily Republicans) to block all attempts at substantive federal gun reform for nearly 30 years.
So here’s today’s Office Hours question: What political pressures can be applied to counter the influence of the gun lobby? (I’ll weigh in as usual.)
This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
The United States suffered 10 mass shootings over the past weekend, bringing this year's total of mass shootings to 144 so far. While a majority of Americans of both parties (including a majority of gun owners) support measures such as universal background checks and red flag laws, the gun industry has successfully pressured lawmakers (primarily Republicans) to block all attempts at substantive federal gun reform for nearly 30 years.
So here’s today’s Office Hours question: What political pressures can be applied to counter the influence of the gun lobby? (I’ll weigh in as usual.)
This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at robertreich.substack.com/subscribe