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For gun control advocates hoping to see federal gun laws tighten after the shootings in Newtown, Conn., 2013 was a disheartening year. A narrow provision to expand background checks failed in the Senate.
For gun rights activists, the death of that legislation proved once more their single-issue intensity and decades-long grassroots organizing were enough to prevail. Those are also valuable lessons for their opponents.
A 'Voice' For Lost Children
It may have been the year gun control legislation collapsed in the Senate, but Shundra Robinson is grateful for 2013. It was the year she decided to jump into gun control advocacy, which became a way to speak for the son she lost three years ago.
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