A long time ago I put up a poll in a gun thread asking whether addressing income inequality or banning guns would have more effect on reducing gun violence. I know a lot of people around here like gun control, but we hate income inequality even more, and it won in a landslide. Single payer health care, a justice system that works for people who aren’t rich, adequate funding for all public schools; lots of things that could be done that would help reduce violence overall by just making sure there are fewer desperate people.
Of course the line between those and something like the Orlando massacre is a lot twistier than the one from guns. And I think that if you do buy into the worth of the no-fly list, then something like a measure to keep those on the list from buying guns really ought to be a no brainer. Neither of us think that list is a good idea, but we know it had continuous support for a long time from many senators who voted against that law. I get people’s frustration.
