Students and activists are preparing what will almost certainly be the US’s largest mass demonstration against gun violence — and the shoddy laws that fuel it — on March 24. The March for Our Lives is the bitter fruit of one school massacre too many, the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Waves of outrage follow every gun massacre, but this wave has been effectively channeled, with teen survivors proving canny leaders in shaping what could become a generational cause. The country’s National Rifle Association (NRA) is acutely aware of the precariousness of the moment. "We need to stop dangerous people before they act," says NRA lobbyist Chris Cox in a video released last week. He goes on to announce support for the creation of risk-protection orders, the product of "red flag" laws such as the one just passed in the ordinarily gun-crazy state of Florida. Several states already have such laws, which enable family members, authorities...
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