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Is Gun Control Becoming a Bipartisan Issue in the States?

While Republicans in Washington keep promising rollbacks of gun control laws — though so far haven’t taken action on any on it — Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety group is claiming another round of success in new restrictions passed on the state level.

While Republicans in Washington keep promising rollbacks of gun control laws — though so far haven’t taken action on any on it — Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety group is claiming another round of success in new restrictions passed on the state level.

Much of that, the group points out, came with the support of Republicans and signatures of Republican governors.

"When you look at what's happening in statehouses across the country, the gun safety movement is winning in state after state — even in this challenging political environment — because volunteers and gun violence survivors have become the counterweight to the gun lobby," said Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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