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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
He's right. Horrific as they may be, these killings are statistically insignificant and arguably do not warrant a removal of a constitutional right. But you aren't ever going to hear anyone argue something so icy. We instead wait until the raw emotion abates, then do nothing for exactly the reason this Oped describes.
And when we do do something, as with the Patriot Act response to 9/11, it's brutal overkill and worse than the thing it sought to avoid.
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That's the gun lobby talking. This is unavoidable, so do nothing because anything we can do is overkill.
Bullshit. Find some non-overkill measures and do them.
