Matt Frei
The Newtown massacre has produced a watershed. Because when you combine an 18th century rationale for bearing arms with a 21st obsession with violence in video games, films and online, you’re in trouble.
Rich and powerful, it holds Congress in its sway. But after the murder of 20 young children in Newtown, Connecticut, can the gun lobby still hold out against more stringent controls?
Matt Frei
America is deep in shock and mourning after the massacre of twenty children and eight adults at a Connecticut school. A tearful president has promised urgent action: but what can he do?
“Evil visited this community today”, Connecticut’s governor told a nation traumatised by the slaughter of children. A tearful President Obama has promised “meaningful action” on guns.
Twenty children are among 27 dead after a gunman opens fire at a primary school in Connecticut, US.