Stricter gun laws could be effective, if Congress would pass them

As the nation reels from the horror of Friday's shootings in a Connecticut elementary school, where a gunman so numb to human sensibility that he could casually snuff out the lives of wide-eyed innocents slaughtered 20 children and six adults, politicians are crafting news releases. Among them are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California's Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who are both calling for stricter gun-control laws.

December 15, 2012