In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, Shannon Watts has started a group called One Million Moms for Gun Control. Despite the similarity in names, they’re not affiliated with the 2000-member Million Mom March.
Watts wants to portray her group as the gun-control equivalent of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. If that were true, I’d be sending them a check myself.
MADD was instrumental in cutting drunk-driving deaths by a third. They had the right idea, and they got measurable results. Though the mission changed in later years, MADD succeeded at first through a singular purity of purpose: they sought to reduce carnage by punishing the behavior responsible. They didn’t seek to lower speed limits, tax alcohol, or restrict ownership of cars.
Their agenda worked. The standard for impairment was reduced, the penalties were increased, and the laws were enforced. Responsible drivers felt no adverse effect from the group’s efforts. Continued...