The good news: Democrats have never been more unified behind new restrictions. The bad: the media, the filibuster, and all that polarization.
This time will be different, we said after Sandy Hook. Then after Las Vegas. Then after Parkland. Yet, it never was different. No matter how horrific and traumatic, public mass shootings have not compelled Congress to pass new gun control laws. The outrage cycle following mass shootings has become numbingly predictable. Republicans offer thoughts and prayers. Democrats scoff at empty calls for...
