“Let’s welcome Dr. Edward Smith!”

  The Susannah Show’s audience clapped and cheered.

  “So, Doctor—how and why?”

  “It’s effortless, Susannah. Once ingested, The Restrictor utilizes the body’s own energy. As to why: we discovered the problem isn’t ‘gun violence’ but rather passion and irrationality. Even the most law-abiding, moral, and upstanding individual will have violent thoughts, and those thoughts can quickly translate into reality when the means are merely a finger pull away.”

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  The audience clapped.

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  Earlier in a top-secret lab:

  “Dr. Smith, when they reach herd pacifism, we can act?”

  “That’s right, Frank; then you can mobilize your militants.”