Oh boy. Earlier this week, President Barack Obama took the stage in Paris, fell in love with the sound of his own voice, and was so intoxicated with himself that he wondered aloud why mass shootings only happen in America, just two weeks after jihadis shot up a Paris nightclub. It seems his cognitive dissonance is contagrious.
In the video above, Barbara Boxer brags about California’s robust gun laws, suggesting they’re a platform for national reform. Nevermind that despite those robust gun laws, a man who conferred with people on the terrorist watch list was able to obtain serious firepower, construct bombs, and massacre a load of people.
If anything, what the story in California illustrates is that we can’t simply legislate evil and violence out of existence. They’re an indelible part of the human condition. That these events haven’t given Boxer pause about the wisdom of her positions suggests that some people are totally immune to logic and reason.