Brooklyn Bridge gun control march: Could pushback against gun culture be working? [View all]

Brooklyn Bridge gun control march: Could pushback against gun culture be working?

By Patrik Jonsson at Yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/brooklyn-bridge-gun-control-march-could-pushback-against-180632594.html

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The hundreds of gun-control protesters who crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and marched on New York City Hall on Saturday had an emotional message to deliver about recent school and mass shootings: “Not one more!”

The march is part of former New York Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s gambit to coalesce a gun control movement now flush with money but low on national traction into a political force. They are up against a considerable foe – not just the powerful National Rifle Association, but a general trend in America toward expanding, not contracting gun rights.

But as the number of Columbine-style school shootings pile up – there have been 15 since the Sandy Hook massacre in December 2012, according to CNN – the march also represents a shift among gun control groups. Finding little traction in Congress and state houses, they’re starting to take on gun culture more generally, forcing Americans to look at whether broadening gun rights is motivating the mostly young, white males opening fire on their fellow citizens and classmates.

“Fostering a gun culture … comes at a price,” writes Paul Barrett, in Business Week.



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