For at least one bill, on one day, the legislative process worked the way it is supposed to, the way that fourth-graders across the state are told it works when they study Wisconsin government.

Wisconsin politicians like Robin Vos and his legislative Republican colleagues, and congressional leaders like our own Paul Ryan, “caution” us against “knee-jerk” reactions to the Parkland, Florida, high school tragedy. A conservative U.S. Supreme Court gave them cover and now it’s up to the voters to decide if politicians can continue refusing to do what’s right for all Americans.

The students have done more to advance the gun control debate, and the cultural discussion around violence and patriarchy, than anyone in recent memory.

Gun control clearly is the high profile issue about which otherwise sensible people are completely ignorant.