Frank Watson: Gun control

Shortly after the awful shooting in Las Vegas, I was talking to a very liberal friend of mine who started the conversation with, “I know that we have very different positions on gun control, but…” I interrupted at that point and said, “I don’t think our positions are that far apart. Where we differ is the means to get guns out of the hands of mass murderers.” Despite my liberal friend’s preconception, I can accept a level of reasonable gun control.

There is no reason for any private citizen to have access to fully automatic weapons, exploding bullets, or forty round magazines.

Most reasonable...