And yet miscegenation laws were on the books for another 5 years. Politicians makes the laws and their guiding principle is staying in office not your well being. You say that all we need are some common sense laws, except common sense to who? Nothing that has been proposed would have stopped Sandy Hook. The killer there murdered his mother first and took her weapon. Orlando? he was cleared by the FBI 3 times. Not on a watch list or under surveillance.