Earlier today, you probably saw Dan's piece in which he proposes that "the solution" is to vet and raise a force of "20 million trained, armed, citizen marshals." Obviously, it's easy to understand the impulse behind the suggestion. We're all eager to find a solution to the terrorism and mass shootings, as well as the daily violence that plagues America's Democrat-controlled urban centers.
But Dan's wrong.
This is exactly what we don't need. It's as bad an idea now as it was back in 2008 - only then it was Barack Obama trotting it out during campaign stops: (scroll down for video)