If you listen to Democratic politicians, progressive pundits, and liberal celebrities, you might be under the impression that America faces two choices after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: Enact major new federal gun regulations or restrictions, or do nothing and simply accept the horror of mass school shootings as routine. This is a false choice.
To start with, as always, it is useful to remember the basics about proposed solutions to problems that get forgotten whenever there’s a gun debate: (1) Every solution has costs; (2) most solutions are far from 100 percent effective; (3) we should ask which things are worth doing if they’re not 100 percent effective — some are, some are not; (4) not every solution should come from the government; and (5) not every government solution should come from the federal government.
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