According to the FBI 2008 Crime Statistics, in that year the total number of people killed in Washington state by rifles of all kinds was...two. That's "2." One. Two. That's from ALL rifles, not just semi-automatics.

According to the National Safety Council, the minimum number of people killed every year by drivers talking or texting on their cell phones is 2,600.

In an effort to confront the true sources of danger and suffering in America, guess which of the two the Seattle-based group Washington Ceasefire is trying to ban?

Yep. You guessed it. If there was ever a case of a solution in search of a problem, the misguided efforts to ban semi-automatic rifles is it.

Hang up and drive.