There is a problem with your thought experiment regarding Islamic terror or Mexican cartel attacks. We know there would be a response beyond “not much we can do” but what would it be? Racial profiling by law enforcement, unjustified wars, increased surveillance of Americans, self-defeating anti-immigration policies, the normalization of intrusions on privacy and hindrances to travel in the name of security.
Maybe in this case there is a good federal legislative solution to mass shootings, maybe this time it would be different, but your thought experiment unintentionally illustrates why some folks are wary of the government’s “doing something.”
There is a problem with your thought experiment regarding Islamic terror or Mexican cartel attacks. We know there would be a response beyond “not much we can do” but what would it be? Racial profiling by law enforcement, unjustified wars, increased surveillance of Americans, self-defeating anti-immigration policies, the normalization of intrusions on privacy and hindrances to travel in the name of security.
Maybe in this case there is a good federal legislative solution to mass shootings, maybe this time it would be different, but your thought experiment unintentionally illustrates why some folks are wary of the government’s “doing something.”