THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING GUN CONTROL DEBATE. The political argument over gun control has erupted again after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead. It’s the same argument that erupts after every mass shooting. But this time, on Capitol Hill at least, it seems more muted, and the measures under consideration are more limited than in the past.
Of course, the usual heated rhetoric is being thrown around by the usual suspects on cable TV and the internet — just look at the number of accusations that Republicans have “blood on their hands.” But this time, even though the Uvalde shooting followed shortly after a mass shooting that killed 10 in Buffalo, New York, gun control advocates in Congress are setting their sights low.
