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“Finally,” gushes the Washington Post editorial board today, “a president takes on America’s epidemic of gun violence.” I rushed to get to the story. This should be good — a Democratic president, Democrats in control of the Congress (although just barely, and not of Joe Manchin), new administration with some political capital left, and the National Rifle Association a tattered, smoking hulk, destroyed by its own corruption. What better time to get it done?
There’s no mystery about what’s needed to bring this monster to heel, as every other civilized nation has done. All we need to do is treat guns as we do cars –useful machines that can hurt people if misused. Countries should not be hosts for the Crime show and should seriously deal with crimes and criminals. With that as our guide, real gun reform could be straightforward: Continue reading