"We have to do something" is often just the reflection of reality. Whether it leads to good laws is secondary. By the way, working "to fix the situation within

"We have to do something" is often just the reflection of reality. Whether it leads to good laws is secondary. By the way, working "to fix the situation within the existing laws" fits the definition of "doing something", too. But complaining that a law is bad and the instead we should have done "something" does not look like a constructive criticism to me.