Nicholas Kristof is a true giant in the world of opinion writers. I love reading David Brooks (occasionally), Gail Collins, and Paul Krugman, among others. But it’s Nick Kristof—alone among opinion writers I’m aware of—who has focused on the slave trade, the abuse of young woman across the world, women generally, and really hard stuff.

So when I saw Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals about a month ago, I paid attention. Frankly, though, I was unimpressed. I felt like Mr. Kristof was reaching, and his piece gained no traction. We do need to understand the other side in any situation, but when the other side is wrong they’re wrong, plain and simple. And more guns solves nothing, save fattening