Let them choke on it! Their stupidity was
recognized centuries ago. They need to grow up.

This should be read in Congress, full session.
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> Cesare Beccaria (1735-1794) – Italian Nobleman, Criminologist, and Penal Reformer.
“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would
take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown
in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws
that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They
disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit
crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to
violate the most sacred laws of humanity, the most important of the
code, will respect the less important and arbitrary ones, which can
be violated with ease and impunity, and which, if strictly obeyed,
would put an end to personal liberty –so dear to men, so dear to
the enlightened legislator-and subject innocent persons to all the
vexations that the guilty alone ought to suffer? Such laws make
things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they
serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed
man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. They
ought to be designated as laws not preventive but fearful of crimes,
produced by the tumultuous impression of a few isolated facts, and
not by thoughtful consideration of the inconveniences and advantages
of a universal decree.” – “On Crimes And Punishments” (1764) As
quoted by Thomas Jefferson in his Commonplace Book.