In the process, the national will, which should be expressed through elected officials, has been usurped. If so, then anyone involved in a business that's in that sort of path had better prepare for a similar fight in federal court. The gun-makers are already there. It's safe to predict that those who manufacture alcoholic beverages will be next. Fast-food operators knowingly prepare and sell products that clog arteries and stop hearts.
Oil companies offer up a product that fills the air with carcinogenic particles and noxious gases.
Anything that can be demonized can now be assaulted with impunity. And smoke and mirrors work fine with a public that cares less about a nation of laws than it does about being safe from the boogeyman of the moment. Carroll Wilson's column appears in this space on Sundays. Wilson is the editor of the Times Record News. Users of this site are subject to our User Agreement.