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class="text-s">1755 Words</span></li><li><span class="text-s">8 Pages</span></li></ul><div class="margin-top-auto"><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="button button--orange button--squarish text-m button--orange" id="ShowMoreButtonExtra" data-href="/writing/document/FKCPNG4YTJ" rel="nofollow">Open Document</a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="divPreviewBlock" class="row essay-preview-block "><div class="columns large-8 paper-container paper-container--with-sidebar position-relative border-box-shadow margin-4 padding-2"><div class=""><div class="position-relative margin-4 text-xl"><div id="essay-body-heading-details"></div><script>if (typeof doShowProdHdr === 'function') { document.getElementById("essay-body-heading-details").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("essay-preview-premium-ribbon").style.display="none"; };</script><div class="document__body white-space--break-spaces break-word"><span class="document__preview text-l source-serif "><p>The Politics of Gun Control<br /> <br /> In recent years, political discourse about gun control and the Second Amendment has become increasingly volatile. Gun lobbies such as the National Rifle Association are more organized and aggressive and their issue agenda has evolved as new and more powerful weapons and militia appear. On the other side of the debate, the critical wounding of James Brady gave gun control advocates a visible martyr with strong ties to Republican conservatives. In sum, gun control and the right to bear arms have become hotly disputed issues where political alignments are constantly shifting. <br /> This paper will examine gun control legislation and look at factors that affect party cohesion on this specific issue. Paying<a data-href=/writing/document/FKCPNG4YTJ class="document__middle white-space--normal source-serif text-l" rel="nofollow" style="cursor:pointer;white-space: normal;"> <i>…show more content…</i> </a></p></span><span class="document__preview text-l source-serif "><p class='text-ellipsis-after'>Dingell won re-election, but other old-timers who voted for the bill did not, and the Democrats lost control of Congress. So when the latest gun-control bill came up in June, Dingell didn't take any chances. This time, instead of backing the president, he decided to join with Republicans and NRA lobbyists to author a compromise. After a week of emotional debate, Dingell's bill went down to defeat on both sides of the aisle, all but killing any chance for stricter gun laws this year. <br /> The loss was crushing to anti-gun forces and the White House. In the wake of the Columbine massacre, polls show that more than 80 percent of Americans back stricter laws (Newsweek). In May of 1999, the Senate took advantage of the national mood to pass a tough law requiring safety locks on new handguns and a detailed background check on buyers at gun shows. But as they have so many times before, activists underestimated the ferocity and might of the NRA and its nearly 3 million members. (NRA.org). <br /> The NRA unleashed thousands of callers to clog congressional switchboards while a dozen lobbyists worked the halls. The group's Web site featured a dubious article implying that <a href='/topics/bill-clinton' style='color:#3174a3'>Bill Clinton</a>, like the Nazis, was trying to disarm the populace (NRA.org). In the end, the House passed H.R.1501, The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1999, a law allowing</p></span></div><div class="paper__gradient paper__gradient--bottom"></div><div class="center paper__cta"><a class="button text-m button--orange" id="ShowMoreButton" rel="nofollow" data-href="/writing/document/FKCPNG4YTJ">Get Access</a></div></div></div></div><div class="columns large-4 hide-for-medium-only hide-for-small-only"><div class="rhino-slot center" id="essay_ad_sidebar"></div><div class="rhino-slot center" id="essay_ad_sidebar_1"></div></div></div><div class="row essay-preview-block essay-related-block "><div class="columns large-12 padding-1 no-padding-large"><div class="columns large-12 paper--related-separator-new"><span class="paper--related-separator-word">Related</span></div><div class="rhino-slot center" id="essay_ad_related"></div><section class=""><ul id="RelatedDocumentCenter" class="unstyled"><li id="related-essay1"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay paper no-padding"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-better-essays"><div><span>Better Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col padding-left-1-imp"><a href="/essay/Gun-Laws-Research-Paper-FJXLH4GFQV" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">Gun Laws Research Paper</h2></a><ul><li>1396 Words</li><li>6 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-8 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/Gun-Laws-Research-Paper-FJXLH4GFQV" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">Gun Laws Research Paper</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after text-ellipsis-after">A hot-button topic in the world of U.S. politics today is the controversy over whether or not new gun laws need to be instituted to keep Americans safe. 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