If the Patriot Act taught us anything, its that responding rapidly with new laws, because of emotion, is not a smart way to govern.
Yes gun violence is completely isolated and brand new. In Chicago last year 700 people were killed by guns. That's 700 in one US city. I'd certainly love to know how many more hundreds of thousands have to die before it stops being a rapid response based on emotion. Is your number 50,000,000?
mine is pretty high.
If you're a liberal, that number is apparently in the billions when it comes to producing and shipping DDT to Africa where almost a million people, 90% under 5 years old, die of malaria every year. When it comes to banning guns, that number is about 20.
Why does Africa need us to make them DDT?
I have no idea, but the libs have banned it's use and production in the US and severely restricted it's use worldwide, all in the name of some species none of us would even know were gone if they went extinct tomorrow. We could virtually end malaria within a few years if we wanted to, but apparently African lives are worth 1/1000000th of Connecticut lives. If that's not the case, explain the media sensation 26 deaths have caused compared to the 2000+ malaria deaths that occur every day?
Why not return to prohibition? Alcohol related deaths are FAR more prevalent than gun related deaths, and alcohol serves no useful purpose. You ok with that, or are you going to adhere to the usual double standard?