12-14-2018, 01:20 PM
And..........while the President and the Congress have done nothing at the national level, state governments got busy, especially after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
69 gun control measures were passed this year — more than any other year since the Newtown, Conn., massacre in 2012, and more than three times the number passed in 2017.
2018 Gun Laws Map
brown indicates tightened gun laws
peach indicates loosened gun laws
![[Image: by-state-1050.png]](https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2018/12/03/gun-exclusion-laws/8daa269da5aad72ad5aa47f58d68ddfc01e5c0f5/by-state-1050.png)
All 9 states that loosened gun restrictions are controlled by Republicans, which is nothing new.
However, 20 of the states that tightened gun restrictions are controlled by Republicans, which is a change.
Story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018...Multimedia
69 gun control measures were passed this year — more than any other year since the Newtown, Conn., massacre in 2012, and more than three times the number passed in 2017.
2018 Gun Laws Map
brown indicates tightened gun laws
peach indicates loosened gun laws
All 9 states that loosened gun restrictions are controlled by Republicans, which is nothing new.
However, 20 of the states that tightened gun restrictions are controlled by Republicans, which is a change.
Story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018...Multimedia