>If we were in a space station with thin walls and some folks want to set up a shooting range for their own enjoyment we'd stop them by all means. No, we would

>If we were in a space station with thin walls and some folks want to set up a shooting range for their own enjoyment we'd stop them by all means. No, we wouldn't, nor should we. The reason is democracy: if the people in that space station have a democratic government, and more than half of them vote for leaders who promise them they can keep their shooting range, no matter how dangerous, well then everyone else just has to live with it. Hopefully, it's obvious here that democracy only really works when the citizens are smart enough to use it well. The problem is that, in many cases, they just aren't, which is what we're seeing now.