![The Newtown Shooting Really Has Changed the Conversation on Gun Control, as Google Trends Can Show The Newtown Shooting Really Has Changed the Conversation on Gun Control, as Google Trends Can Show](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130114000314im_/http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/postnewtowngooglesearches.jpg)
The Newtown Shooting Really Has Changed the Conversation on Gun Control, as Google Trends Can Show
For the past several years, mass shootings were followed by furious but brief spikes in searches for "gun control," but since Newtown, a new, elevated rate has held steady. More »