Last night, Steve and I were talking about gun control laws. We ended up at the same place as Ezra Klein. Gun control laws might not be able to prevent another Newtown or Columbine, but they might prevent all sorts of other deaths.
While we may not be able to stop every gun death, there are lots and lots and lots of gun deaths to stop. And if a deadly mass shooting like the one in Newtown is specific and idiosyncratic in ways that make it very difficult to confront through policy, the average gun death follows a much clearer pattern.
I'm not sure what the law should look like, because my eyes glaze over when people start talking about grips and magazines.
For my pro-gun readers, would you support any gun control laws? What kind of law would effectively prevent accidental deaths and criminal activity without interfering with a harmless hunting activity?
