History shows that legislative responses to mass shootings yield mixed results, with some states passing sweeping reforms and others taking little action at all.
Eighteen people were killed and 13 more were injured in shootings at a Lewiston, Maine, bar and a bowling alley on Oct. 25, setting off a multiday search for the gunman, whose body was found two days later.
When the leading cause of death of youths in this country is gun violence, and when there have already been 565 mass shootings (four or more victims) across the country this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, why are we still hesitant to pass stronger laws?