While most Americans support background checks and an assault weapons ban, no amount of votes, phone calls to senators, protests, or lives taken have led to meaningful policy changes.

We discussed the reasons why popular support for certain gun control measures has not led to substantive policy change.

Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022. A licensed clinical psychologist talked about processing trauma after events like these. 

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL8) reacted to the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school, and his work on the Oversight and Reform Committee which has focused on gun violence and the lack of gun control laws.

On The 21st: Gun control has been a hotly contested issue in 2018, and candidates in Illinois disagree on whether the solution is to make it easier or harder to buy a firearm. Plus, there’s a lawsuit dealing with digital copyright that could change how textbooks get used in university classrooms. But first, the comptroller is in charge of paying the state’s bills on time—a tall order given Illinois’ fiscal situation. We’ll hear from the three women are running for this position.