The Future Is Surprisingly Bright for Gun Control Advocates

Activists are employing more political savvy to take on the NRA. They’re also getting younger.

Jennifer Victor
GEN
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5 min readJun 6, 2019

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A student shows her hands protesting against gun violence in schools in front of the White House on March 12th, 2019. Photo: NurPhoto/Getty Images

The shooting in Virginia Beach last week, which left 12 people dead and four others injured, was the deadliest of 2019. It was also, according to the Gun Violence Archive, the 37th mass shooting event this…

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Jennifer Victor
GEN
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Associate professor political science, Schar School Policy and Government, George Mason Univ.; Congress, parties, campaign finance, networks. Blogger @MisofFact