The two mass shootings this weekend have inflamed a gun-control debate that never seems to go away, and never seems to get resolved
Austin Sarat is Associate Provost and William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science. He is an editor of The Lives of Guns .
Republicans counter that gun laws aren't the problem and that mental illnesses lead to gun violence. In the immediate aftermath of mass killings, shooters frequently are branded social misfits. Thus people who know Patrick Crusius, the alleged perpetrator of the carnage in El Paso, described him as “quiet, antisocial and a bit ‘strange.
But increasingly, research into the culture and political views of gun owners is painting a very different portrait. Gun owners' politicsare woven into people's lives in ways that go far beyond a tool. This suggests that the path to gun law reform won’t be as simple as liberals might hope or conservatives might fear.
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