US shoots itself in foot with partisan gun politics

Democrats may win seats with their hardline stance on gun control, but compromise is vital or things are destined to remain deadlocked in this polarised politics, writes Adam Skaggs

ON MONDAY morning, the US supreme court signalled again that the country’s constitution does not stand in the way of addressing gun violence.

The court refused to hear a challenge to a Connecticut law that broadly restricts access to the kind of semi-automatic rifles used in the 2014 Sandy Hook shooting — and, more recently, in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Florida. That lets the law stand.