Brownells, for example, will gladly sell me 200 rounds of AR-15 ammo and three 30-round clips over the Internet for $119.99 plus shipping. Since I don’t legally own an AR-15 rifle, one might think that purchasing AR-15 ammo would raise red flags. Nope. I could probably make the purchase with a Visa gift card purchased anonymously with cash at any random 7-11.

Perhaps if gun owners were as reasonable as cold and flu sufferers, things would be different. They aren’t. As such, according to the state of Michigan, cold medicine remains a greater threat to public safety than the tools of warfare.