Live-blogging the Election:

Tuesday evening, I will be live-blogging the election returns, with a focus on the implications of the results for Second Amendment rights. As I detailed last week in National Review Online, the Senate results look likely to be no more than +1 or -1 for Second Amendment rights. In the House, losses are certain, but may be fairly small. The net House loss on Second Amendment issues might be approximately 1/2 of the net Republican losses -- but a lot will depend on where the Republican losses occur. For example, if Democratic challengers win all six key House races in Connecticut and Indiana, the anti-gun lobby gains only a single seat. In contrast, all four of the vulnerable Republican seats in eastern Pennsylvania, and three of the four vulnerable Republican seats in New York State, would result in gains for the gun control lobby.