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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-27-18
  

  Gun-control advocates believe their activism will mirror the fight for gay marriage. They’re wrong.

  by James Kirchick

  The better comparison is Prohibition — and we all know how that turned out.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  3-22-18
  

  America Passed Gun Control in 1968. Can It Happen Again?

  by Jason Sokol

  The King and Kennedy assassinations spurred the passage of the Gun Control Act.

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• 3-14-18
  

  We Shouldn’t Be Surprised that Young People Are Leading the Charge for Gun Control

  by Bill Heiden

  Most importantly, history shows that this kind of street action works.

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• SOURCE: guns.com
  3-13-18
  

  Patrick J. Charles, author of a new book on guns, defends militia-centric understanding of Second Amendment

  “There’s been people on both sides who’ve misappropriated historical evidence over time or failed to fully contextualize it.”

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-12-18
  

  Jonathan Zimmerman says students should go on strike to win gun control

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  West Virginia teachers won by striking. There’s a lesson in that.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  3-5-18
  

  7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism

  History is full of movements led by students — albeit usually in college, not high school. Some were successful and others brutally crushed, but even the latter still resonate.