In the days following the shooting deaths of 20 children in Newtown, Conn., some of the most ardent gun rights advocates called for a new conversation on how to address gun-related violence in the United States.
But National Rifle Association officials and some leading Republicans signaled over the weekend that they would continue to resist any comprehensive change in gun laws, while calling for armed personnel to be placed in all schools and a discussion about violence in popular culture.
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The fights ahead will be protracted and brutal — and any legislation may well be riddled with loopholes.
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Washington National Cathedral and other churches are urging action to prevent such tragedies.
“I do believe better security in schools is a good place to start,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who rejected the notion of government action to ban sales of the kind of assault-style weapons used in the Newtown shootings. “I don’t suggest you take my right to buy an AR-15 away from me, because I don’t think it will work,” he said.
White House officials said they were not encouraged by the NRA approach and reiterated the administration’s commitment to regulating assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
“I don’t think it’s what will work,”
But National Rifle Association officials and some leading Republicans signaled over the weekend that they would continue to resist any comprehensive change in gun laws, while calling for armed personnel to be placed in all schools and a discussion about violence in popular culture.
Graphic
Learn more about mass shootings that occurred this year
Tom Hamburger NRA officials and some in GOP signal a continued resistance to any comprehensive change in laws.
Marc Fisher, Robert O’Harrow and Peter Finn Lanza gave little away.
Philip Rucker and Sari Horwitz Until the Newtown attack, the issue was deemed politically untouchable, unlikely to garner consensus on Hill.
Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz, David S. Fallis and Joel Achenbach The fights ahead will be protracted and brutal — and any legislation may well be riddled with loopholes.
A look at legislation since 1934 regulating guns in the United States.Robert J. Spitzer OPINION | From party politics to the Constitution, let’s tackle a few myths about gun control.
CLOSE TO HOME | Beyond our love, we can guarantee our children so little.Ann Hood Living a parent’s worst nightmare.
Joe Manchin III On gun control, both sides fall short.
Jeannine Hunter and Hamil R. Harris Washington National Cathedral and other churches are urging action to prevent such tragedies.
“I do believe better security in schools is a good place to start,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who rejected the notion of government action to ban sales of the kind of assault-style weapons used in the Newtown shootings. “I don’t suggest you take my right to buy an AR-15 away from me, because I don’t think it will work,” he said.
White House officials said they were not encouraged by the NRA approach and reiterated the administration’s commitment to regulating assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
“I don’t think it’s what will work,”