Mainstream Media Still Pushing Myth of Widespread Support for Gun Control as Federal Legislative Efforts Collapse

If it were as popular, and as doable, as anti-gun rights advocates claim, it wouldn't be so difficult, efforts to scapegoat the NRA notwithstanding

Gun-control measures that seemed destined to become law after the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., are in jeopardy amid a fierce lobbying campaign by firearms advocates.

Despite months of negotiations, key senators have been unable to find a workable plan for near-universal background checks on gun purchases — an idea that polls show nine in 10 Americans support.