RE: What does the science data say about firearms?
October 5, 2017 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2017 at 2:02 pm by vorlon13.)
'Doing something' legislatively needs votes. If they aren't there, nothing is going to happen.
If the point of 'doing something' is in racking up partisan talking points that's one thing, but I confess an intense interest in the possibility of achieving results beyond more talking points.
Gun buy back was mentioned on POTUS (?, mebbee NPR) yesterday and while it looks like a nut with $100,000 to spend on AKs won't be interested, it does seem like whenever GBB grant money is available, guns come in. And I'm thinking those are ones that are likely to be in the category of "hmm, why do we have that laying around the house?" and those are likely the ones in the necessity of our triage situation we'd want turned in.
Maybe more these days, but still not 'universal' is prosecuting to the full extent of the law people who have their firearms picked up by children and toddlers who fire them. Seemed like the feeling formerly was "Well, their kid is dead, what's the point of prosecuting dad now and putting the rest of the family on welfare now?" but it's changing.
Something else that has been tightened up but could use some more is kids/teens taking guns to school. And there is the steady drizzle of weapons that TSA finds in carryon luggage, and the owner claims they 'forgot' they were there. All opportunities to literally crucify someone to make a vivid example to everyone else, yet it's not universally done.
Having firearms stolen is another issue. Did the crooks have to torch open your firearm safe to get your gun(s) or were they laying on the nightstand?? I can see some criminality in making it too easy for a gun to vanish.
Something else that came up a few years ago was a sawed off shotgun discovered in a wrecked (hit by a train!) vehicle. Don't know how the driver did it, but got PROBATION for possession of a fucking sawed off shotgun!! How the fuck does that happen ??
Hell, he was in more trouble for hitting a goddam train, had to pay a fine for disobeying a traffic control device.
Shit . . .
If the point of 'doing something' is in racking up partisan talking points that's one thing, but I confess an intense interest in the possibility of achieving results beyond more talking points.
Gun buy back was mentioned on POTUS (?, mebbee NPR) yesterday and while it looks like a nut with $100,000 to spend on AKs won't be interested, it does seem like whenever GBB grant money is available, guns come in. And I'm thinking those are ones that are likely to be in the category of "hmm, why do we have that laying around the house?" and those are likely the ones in the necessity of our triage situation we'd want turned in.
Maybe more these days, but still not 'universal' is prosecuting to the full extent of the law people who have their firearms picked up by children and toddlers who fire them. Seemed like the feeling formerly was "Well, their kid is dead, what's the point of prosecuting dad now and putting the rest of the family on welfare now?" but it's changing.
Something else that has been tightened up but could use some more is kids/teens taking guns to school. And there is the steady drizzle of weapons that TSA finds in carryon luggage, and the owner claims they 'forgot' they were there. All opportunities to literally crucify someone to make a vivid example to everyone else, yet it's not universally done.
Having firearms stolen is another issue. Did the crooks have to torch open your firearm safe to get your gun(s) or were they laying on the nightstand?? I can see some criminality in making it too easy for a gun to vanish.
Something else that came up a few years ago was a sawed off shotgun discovered in a wrecked (hit by a train!) vehicle. Don't know how the driver did it, but got PROBATION for possession of a fucking sawed off shotgun!! How the fuck does that happen ??
Hell, he was in more trouble for hitting a goddam train, had to pay a fine for disobeying a traffic control device.
Shit . . .
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
