The prospects for gun policy change following mass shootings
The mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas in May 2022 prompted Congress to enact the first significant federal gun legislation since the 1990s. While many commentators have framed this policy change as a remarkable break from the long‐standing pattern of inaction on gun violence, I...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Politics & policy (Statesboro, Ga.) Ga.), 2023-06, Vol.51 (3), p.426-436 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas in May 2022 prompted Congress to enact the first significant federal gun legislation since the 1990s. While many commentators have framed this policy change as a remarkable break from the long‐standing pattern of inaction on gun violence, I argue that political actors perceived and responded to the problem in familiar ways. Drawing on agenda setting and information processing theories, I highlight factors that suggest no fundamental alteration in how the U.S. political system responds to gun injury and death. I also point to changes in public opinion and in the interest group landscape that have the potential (in the long term) to transform the politics of gun policy. Finally, I conclude with some near‐term expectations for policy making and its effects on the issue.
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Las perspectivas para un cambio de política de armas después de los tiroteos masivos
Los tiroteos masivos en Buffalo, Nueva York y Uvalde, Texas en mayo de 2022 llevaron al Congreso a promulgar la primera legislación federal importante sobre armas desde la década de 1990. Si bien muchos comentaristas han enmarcado este cambio de política como una ruptura notable con el patrón de larga data de inacción sobre la violencia armada, argumento que los actores políticos percibieron y respondieron al problema de manera familiar. Basándome en las teorías del establecimiento de la agenda y el procesamiento de la información, destaco los factores que sugieren que no hay una alteración fundamental en la forma en que el sistema político de los E.E.U.U. responde a las lesiones y muertes por armas de fuego. También señalo cambios en la opinión pública y en el panorama de los grupos de interés que tienen el potencial (a largo plazo) de transformar la política |
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ISSN: | 1555-5623 1747-1346 |
DOI: | 10.1111/polp.12531 |