feel-good intentions

"America isn't even tryyyyiiiiinnggggggg!" I've read that little whine du jour in at least a dozen articles over the past 2 weeks. In every case, it's not about gun control that will actually do something, that will have an impact on mass shootings (that have been going on for decades, BTW)...

Feel-good intentions is the bread and butter of liberal politics. When they don't work out as intended, it's always, "Oh, well, at least we tried." From The Week