In an emotional appeal for gun control, President Joe Biden pointed to the carnage at Uvalde and delivered a message from the anguished families of victims there as he targeted Senate Republicans Thursday night.
Observers foresee few if any compromises over gun control in Congress, but Rutgers researcher Michael Anestis says that public pressure in New Jersey could build momentum behind a couple of Gov. Phil Murphy’s gun control proposals. However, the Democratic governor could get also get pushback from members of his own party. Meanwhile, local school districts like Middletown are taking action. There, the Board of Education voted to put an armed police officer in all of its 16 schools.
