Guns Were on the Midterm Ballot: How the Results May Affect Gun Policy Going Forward

By Alex McCourt, Johns Hopkins University The U.S. midterm elections took place on the backdrop of surging gun violence and in a year scarred by high-profile mass shootings. And though exit polls indicated that abortion rights and inflation were the top motivating issues for voters, views toward guns also played a significant role. Indeed, a … Read more

The New Narrative: NBC Pronounces Gun Control a ‘Winning Issue’ for Democrats After Midterms

For those handful of Americans who turn to the great analytic minds at NBC News for their Midterm election coverage, they might now think that gun control is a winning issue for Democrats. Yet, if that mostly fake news narrative were true, then Stacy Abrams would be the governor-elect of Georgia, Beto O’Rourke would be … Read more