Center for American Progress senior fellow Ruy Teixeira charts the polling data on American attitudes toward gun control laws:
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza takes a look at the data and concludes: “Given the fairly entrenched views about gun control and apparent disconnect between tragedy and public opinion, it seems unlikely that the shootings at Virginia Tech will have a lasting impact on the political debate over guns.”
Media Matters catches CNN’s Bill Schneider misrepresenting the polling data.
UPDATE: AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay, who has worked extensively on gun control issues, comments on guns and the 2000 presidential election.
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