Environmentalists often wonder, with some justification, why they have so little political clout and so much difficulty making headway. In polls, Americans overwhelmingly evince concern for the environment, while a majority of us also favor stricter gun-control legislation. Why, then, do most politicians essentially ignore environmentalists while genuflecting to the National Rifle Association, which aggressively promotes a much less popular cause?
Like any complex question, this one has a complex answer. But one component of that answer may be that...
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