Nonsense!” responded the mainstream media. ““Gun control hasn’t even been an issue in this campaign. Besides, the Democrats learned their lessons when they lost the House back in 1994: There’s no appetite for further gun control measures today.”

In any given week, more than 20 children die due to doctors’ errors or the unintended side effects of prescription medications. In any given week, far more than 20 children die in the crashes of flimsy automobiles that we could easily make sturdier and safer if manufacturers weren’t trying to satisfy federally mandated (and blatantly unconstitutional) “fuel efficiency standards.”