Bans and prohibitions are carts before horses

If part of the Americans want to get an arms ban accepted in a society that largely prefer a free possession of arms, they’ll have to change this society first. That’s not a flight of fancy but a sober acknowledgment of societal logic.

But mind you, even installed bans and prohibitions don’t remove aggressive or addictive tendencies stored in people. With each new ban or prohibition those tendencies will seek other ways to surface. It is better to try and create supportive, caring social environments that diminish aggressive or addictive tendencies.

So, these are two reasons for the organization of thorough thinking about the creation of wider changes in society, be these changes very hard to achieve and take a very long period of time. But carts before horses don’t ride at all.