The NRA-led gun lobby is not as all-powerful as it is very often given credit for in the media | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

This story was co-published with The New York Times’ Room for Debate. Read the full discussion here. No sooner had the toll from the latest mass shooting been tallied than came the world-weary predictions that the carnage would have zero political effect. “Why the Gun Debate Won’t Change After the Oregon Shooting,” read the headline at…