That is why when people really want to quit it is so hard and they have to seek help or meds. Secondly, if someone sitting next to me is chowing down on a double quarter pounder with cheese, it may make me salivate, but it does not cause damage to any of my organs. But this is definitely not true of cigarettes. OK, that was easy, case closed. Gun manufacturers certainly don't waste their money on advertising in bus stops and Maxim.
Guns are power over other people, and that sells itself.
Dahlia Lithwick covers the Supreme Court for Slate . She likes to believe she is finishing work on her first novel. All rights reserved.