THE ATLANTIC on gun control:

Progressive policy prescriptions, like assault-weapons bans and bans on large-capacity magazines, are opposed because they’re perceived to have exactly the wrong effect. They’ll present only the most minor of hurdles for the lawless, while the law-abiding experience the law’s full effect. It’s a form of collective punishment for the innocent, a mere annoyance—at best—for the lawless.

It's not just gun control; the progressive prescription for any perceived ill is to punish the innocent to protect the guilty from the consequences of their actions.

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