Gene Healy on Newtown: The Moral Panic That Wasn't

One year ago, in the wake of the horrific school
shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., the
Obama White House released its agenda for
“protect[ing] our children and communities by reducing gun
violence.” It was a report marked by a tone of grim urgency from
its title onward: “Now Is the Time” to tighten background checks
for guns, ban “military-style assault weapons,” and fortify our
schools. But a year later, notes Gene Healy, Newtown’s legislative
legacy is far less dramatic than it might have been. 

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