Our daily experience with mass shootings brings repeated futile discussions about what to do. The majority of Americans favor measures such as stricter background checks, but our legislatures seem to be ruled by the gun lobby, refusing to take meaningful action.
“Laws won’t prevent shootings!” they say. That’s because we only pass laws that eliminate illegal behavior and activity.
Ooops! Do laws prevent the breaking of law? We pass laws to define the rules that bring some semblance of order to society. The suggestion that we shouldn’t pass laws that eliminate a crime is nonsense.
Will gun laws prevent mass shootings?