Let's say we do pass an assault weapons ban and other measures to make us feel like we're doing the right thing. When the next Tuscon, Aurora, or Newtown tragedy does happen what will we do then? Will we admit the measures we took in 2013 were ineffective? No, we will probably say we didn't go far enough, or we will say that without the 2013 measures the current tragedy would have been worse. Ultimately we will feel the need to pass another round of gun control measures, and slowly but surely, our rights will be regulated away.
This provokes a philosophical thought. Which is worse, to have an innocent person killed by a gun, and the victim chose to be unarmed, or an innocent person killed with a non gun weapon and they were unarmed by law and could have protected themselves if they had a gun?
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