When it comes to gun debates, ‘common sense’ is a worthless phrase

Published February 15, 2018 9:21pm ET



It’s the phrase of the day, but the problem with “common sense gun control” is that it’s an inherently subjective phrase.

Unless we can somehow abandon all our personal biases and form consensus around the definition of “common sense,” we won’t even be able to agree on what we disagree about. Merriam-Webster explains “define” as a word that acts “to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of” something.

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