President Obama is working to address gun violence on the federal level, but The Guardian has made a comprehensive graphic detailing legislation in the laboratories of democracy.
The "secession movement" on the White House open petition site now involves about half of the states of the U.S., which could be interpreted to mean we have more in common than we purport to, after all. Who wants it the most?
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