The mass shooting in San Bernardino is another reminder that our conversation about guns has to change. There are some very difficult realities that we’ve yet to confront, particularly on the Left.
The truth is that the Second Amendment has already created an impossible situation. There isn’t a truly meaningful solution to gun violence at this point. We have something like 300 million guns on the ground in America today. These guns will remain operative for decades and they aren’t going away – any discussion about gun-control that doesn’t acknowledge this isn’t serious.
There will be talk, as there always is after a mass shooting, of implementing saner and stricter gun laws. And I’ve no issue with that. Better laws and better enforcement can only help, but it won’t come close to solving this problem or preventing gun-related tragedies.