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Post by bob on Apr 9, 2013 16:57:25 GMT -5
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Post by raybar on Apr 10, 2013 14:06:29 GMT -5
You can injure or kill people with almost anything. You local hardware store offers dozens or hundreds of items which, while not specifically weapons, will do quite nicely, although you will probably have to get up close and personal to use them that way.
But guns are specifically weapons, you don't have to get close, and you can hurt a lot of people very quickly. So perhaps a little caution about who can buy them is reasonable.
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Post by bob on Apr 10, 2013 14:35:42 GMT -5
You can injure or kill people with almost anything. You local hardware store offers dozens or hundreds it items which, while not specifically weapons, will do quite nicely, although you will probably have to get up close and personal to use them that way. But guns are specifically weapons, you don't have to get close, and you can hurt a lot of people very quickly. So perhaps a little caution about who can buy them is reasonable. First of all, none of the proposed new laws would have stopped Adam Lanza. He didn't but the guns. His mother did. Secondly, reducing the size of the gun clips means nothing to someone who has had firearm training, as Lanza did. It takes only a couple of seconds to change clips. The Virginia Tech killer had only handguns, and he killed more people than Lanza. Here is a rather long article that provides evidence that none of the proposed laws will work. 1389blog.com/2012/12/23/larry-correia-refutes-the-gun-controllers-once-and-for-all/Bob Marks |
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Post by raybar on Apr 10, 2013 14:58:37 GMT -5
I read that some time ago and I agree with it. I also agree that the proposed laws (so far as I'm familiar with them) are unlikely to be effective. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't work on the problem.
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Post by bob on Apr 11, 2013 17:42:14 GMT -5
I read that some time ago and I agree with it. I also agree that the proposed laws (so far as I'm familiar with them) are unlikely to be effective. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't work on the problem. I agree with you Ray. We have to work on the problem. But all that seems to be happening now is the passage of an ineffective law that makes people feel as if something has been done when in fact, it hasn't. Bob Marks |
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Post by raybar on Apr 11, 2013 21:53:18 GMT -5
A "feel good" law? Nothing new there.
Such laws are worse than simply ineffective because over time they pile up with one another, creating a maze of rules and regulations. Compliance and enforcement can be costly in money and time and effort, wasting resources that might have been put to good use elsewhere.
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