Gun Violence Prevention? by Selina E. M. Kerr

Author:Selina E. M. Kerr
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

The ‘failed to follow suit’ infers that the House deliberately failed to take action, in contrast to the Senate which acted with ‘courage’ and ‘for the American people.’ Clinton once again made a call to action: ‘We must strengthen our gun laws and enforce those already on the books.’ Clinton then used ‘episodic framing’ (Gross 2008; Iyengar 1991) to refer to the particular example of Columbine and goes on to honour victim, Daniel Mauser, describing him as ‘an amazing kid.’ Clinton pointed out Daniel’s father, Tom Mauser, in the audience, ordered him to stand up and gave him a round of applause, commending him for his work with SAFE: ‘I pray that his courage and wisdom will at long last move this Congress to make common sense gun legislation the very next order of business.’ Clinton also attended the SAFE rally in Denver and told the group ‘I admire you. I support you. Don’t quit until you win.’ Support for such a measure from the President is likely to help give it traction and arouse the public (Hrebenar and Scott 1982, 153). SAFE had further endorsement from Colorado’s Republican Governor Bill Owens.

Since Tom Mauser, now the spokesperson for Colorado Ceasefire, had been involved in the campaign as a lobbyist for SAFE at this time, it was important to speak to him about why it had been successful. In his interview with me, Mauser, CC, shared that the NRA did not really challenge the ballot:We were fortunate in that the NRA didn’t really fight us. They knew that in Colorado because of Columbine they were going to lose…The polls were showing eighty percent support here early on.

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