> or else you're only going to be diverting people to other methods of suicide It's important to point out that you can do comparisons between the US and other

> or else you're only going to be diverting people to other methods of suicide It's important to point out that you can do comparisons between the US and other countries where guns are far more restricted and a lot of the US gun mortality shows up as other forms of suicide. > because even if they're completely ineffective at their stated purpose Ineffective measures are actually politically superior: They don't cure their ill, so you can keep using them again and again. If $random_gun_restriction actually worked passing it would diminish your ability to campaign on gun issues in the future. This bad incentive applies on all sides too, not just pro-gun control. The gun control lobby is one of the single most effective promotional tools of anti-gun-control politicians.