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People post similar piffle on social media. The self-styled caring class sanctimoniously posts the Onion article headlined, "'No Way to Prevent This' Says Only Nation Where this Regularly Happens." They link to a YouTube video of a comedian riffing on America's love affair with the Second Amendment. People will claim that this doesn't happen elsewhere (it does). They will ask a "commonsense" question like "How can you need a license to drive a car but not to own a gun?" (Actually gun-rights advocates would like regulating guns like cars.)
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However, such decorum is not the modus operandi for President Obama and others. They never tire. They use these horrible occasions. They call for “commonsense” gun regulations. Our Conscience-in-Chief believes “common-sense gun safety laws” can stop these tragedies. Essentially, he wants to blame such acts on his opponents. His opponents oppose his “common sense.” He wants to blame the NRA. Few shibboleths are as vacuous as the call for “common sense.” He implies that such things are easy to stop. Obama implies that, if here were king for a day, with no dullards standing in his way, then he could stop it.
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