There are already thousands of them, too many of which don't work.
Every ineffective law brings government into disrepute .
Prohibition of something that large numbers of citizens want always fails , witness the war on the drugs. It merely increases the value of the prohibited item and changes the distributors from honest people to crooks. Gun control laws are highly divisive to no good end . Progressives should instead start finding issues that make people happy. Treating gun laws as a national issue exacerbates cultural conflicts , such as those between rural and urban, east and west, wealthy and not so well off.