Valentine’s Day massacre may finally bring change

After decades of cheering on the NRA as a ‘family friendly’ organisation, it seems the latest mass killing could finally be the catalyst for a sea change in public opinion

The courage and eloquence of high school students who, having survived a massacre, spoke truth to power and faced down the duplicity and casual cruelty of political leaders and gun lobbyists has been written about elsewhere.

The mass killing of schoolchildren has been ritualised, then weaponised, many times in the US. This is the first time the survivors have taken control of the debate. The battle over gun control has entered uncharted territory ...