After writing some impassioned pleas in favor of gun control after the Aurora shooting this summer, Adam Gopnik weighs in on the topic again in the New Yorker. There may be reasons to argue in favor of gun control, but a big problem for those in favor of curbing gun rights is that they often display a fair degree of ignorance. Gopnik, who can be a persuasive and elegant writer, is no exception to rule, alas. Take this paragraph: