Question

Read the sentence from the section "CON: Gun control laws won’t stop Las Vegas-type massacres." Pseudo protection offered by paper laws guarantees nothing. Which sentence from the section BEST emphasizes what the author means by "pseudo protection" and "paper laws"?
A
The most ineffective, irrelevant reaction would be for Congress to enact yet more gun control legislation.
B
While the federal Gun Control Act is as complex as antitrust law, it did nothing to prevent the murder of 58 innocentsC
Risk assessments for mass events typically involve security armed with pistols and the screening of entrants with metal detectors.
D
Proposals to ban the bump-fire stock are a side show to the real agenda of banning guns.

Answer 1

B is the best response to the question. The author is pointing out the ineffective nature of legislation, when mass shootings are anecdotal incidents, which we are unable to predict or prevent with any law.