Earlier this year I witnessed a drive-by homicide in Northwest DC. There are few images that stick in my mind more than the moment I realized that the bright flashes coming from the car next to me were gunshots being fired at a teenage youth who was running away. It haunts me to this day.
Anyone who was ever witnessed a murder knows that something must be done to prevent guns from failing into the hands of violent criminals. It's wildly depressing that, in the wake of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, gun policy is just starting to break into the debate. Why? In Washington's lazy old-school echo chamber, many political consultants and commentators say gun policy is simply too "risky" an issue.