Surely there are ways of strengthening federal gun control laws that would do no harm to Second Amendment rights. But the recent movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., and the recent three murders in Bridgeport in three days are generating more hysteria and political evasion than relevant proposals.
Republicans, allied with gun rights advocates and the National Rifle Association, don’t want to talk about the issue lest they be put on the defensive. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney says emotions are too high to argue gun policy right now, as if the issue isn’t emotional all the time.
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