
Gun control as a solution to spectacular public murders doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
In the aftermath of multiple murderous outrages — political assassinations, school shootings, attacks on law enforcement — Democrats and commentators across the left are yet again pressing to put the focus on guns. In Minnesota, the site of the assassination of the former state house speaker and of the murder of Catholic schoolchildren at prayer, Governor Tim Walz is calling the legislature into special session to focus on “gun violence.” It’s unlikely that Walz will get anything significant passed, given that his party has just a one-seat majority in the state senate and that the state house is evenly divided. ...