Just Because Gun Control Hasn't Worked, Doesn't Mean It Can't
Posted at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 1
Jonathan Cohn: “Both the Brady Law and assault weapons ban had serious, specific flaws… The most conspicuous problem with the Brady Law was that it didn’t affect private sales… The big loophole in the assault rifle ban was…its definition of prohibited weapons.”
“Under the assault weapons proposals circulating now…a gun would be illegal if it had just one criteria of an automatic rifle, rather than two… More important, advocates for gun laws have quietly shifted their priorities. The assault weapons ban continues to get the most publicity, but the real focus—for advocates and the lawmakers they support—is on a better system of background checks.”
