The mass shooting today in Highland Park is about the 306th mass killing incident in America this year. That works out to about 50 a month.
The state politics of Illinois may be more crooked than average, but they aren't irrational. Left to their own devices, the people and leaders of Illinois would have enacted measures to reduce mass murder. But our Extreme Court won't allow that.
These murders are on the Court. Over many decades the Court has blocked sensible local attempts to keep guns out of the hands of crackpots. We are now at a point where we can change the Extreme Court or resign ourselves to almost two mass murders a day, every day.
Repacking the Extreme Court requires a leader who is dedicated and somewhat ruthless, an FDR or LBJ. The Democrats need a leader. I hope they find one.
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