re: #191 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Ending gun violence is radical. We could do it with nuclear weapons, by wiping out mankind, but anything less won’t get the job done.
Reducing gun violence is the real goal.

In the 1960’s (when our population was about 250 million), we used to have more than 50,000 fatalities every single year from car wrecks. My dad used to shake his head, and note that all the Americans killed in the Vietnam war was the same as every year’s auto deaths.

But Congress did something about it. They appropriated money for research, and when the results of that research came in we got seat belt laws, air bags, stricter drunk driving limits, new materials for windshields, better shielding around gas tanks, better tire treads and paving materials that were less slippery, speed bumps and stoplights and guardrails in selected locations…

These days, even with our 30% higher population and generally longer commutes, auto fatalities are about 30,000 a year.