In the last 5 months there have been at least 71 kids killed by guns. Average just under 6 years old

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149. Of course you're right there.

The benefits of cars are indeed enormous. They are designed to solve a specific problem aren't they? They are made to move a human body, and the stuff a human body needs, from point A to point B.

When it comes to cars, there are obvious disadvantages which, to my mind, oughtweigh the benefits. They are changing the planet faster than the life on it can adapt. That's a thorny problem to solve. But we can do it, and you can bet the Republicans won't be any help. We can solve the mobility problem by building things like light rail lines, pedestrian friendly communities, and enhanced data connectivity. And of course, cars are frequently used too much or for the wrong reasons, that's why we need to educate people better and make them more aware of their responsibilities to others and to themselves and more importantly, to teach them to value something more than rank consumerism. These are all things that Democrats are particularly good at, and if we can get them done we will live in a better world. Do you know why? Because we will have actually done something to make people's lives better, and they will know it. Stuff will actually happen in what most people call the real world.

Guns are designed to solve a specific problem as well. Can you guess what it is? Killing (mostly) people. That's because there times in the course of human events when somebody for a multitude of reasons may want to do great harm to another, and the only way we can stop them is to kill them before they kill us. I know, it's sad and tragic, but it happens. Now if you really cared about "gun violence" you would produce a solution for the problem they are designed to solve. You can do that can't you? It's a tough one, I'll admit. There is no room for error. We aren't risking your solution making someone late for an appointment. Whatever you produce has to work as well as a gun because this is life or death in the blink of an eye. So what have you got?

Or do you prefer to cite a boatload of sexy sounding survey studies that simply mean you don't mind shooting craps with other people's lives by telling them that their chances are better without a gun than with one? Why don't you write some legislation titled "The Act to Hopefully, Maybe, Possibly Make Killers Somewhat Less Efficient". Yeah, that'll go over well come election day. But all those footnotes look great out on the catwalk when you are telling people just what they want to hear. It's a real show isn't it, strutting out your depth of understanding without having to connect it to any specific real world problem? Oh, baby, it looks good. You're just too sexy for our party.