(August 20, 2019 at 8:19 am)onlinebiker Wrote: I used to think they were a good idea. Taking guns away from a deranged individual sounds good on the face of it - but would it work?
Probably not.
Why not? Very simple.
It depends on the honest cooperation of a deranged individual.
Consider - when the cops go into someone's house to confiscate guns - how do they know when they have them all? Answer - they have to ask - and trust - the deranged individual in question if they have all the guns.
See the problem?
You think that just MAYBE the guy might have a gun - or 30 stashed somewhere?
Think about this - prisoners in maximum security prisons manage to hide weapons. You think a guy who is free can't manage that trick?
Then also consider - might confiscating some of the guy's guns push him over the edge - and send him out on a killing spree?
Nope. You can't make the world safer by taking away a few guns. You can make it somewhat safer by locking people up.
Are you ready to start locking people up without a trial?
How about everytime someone does a mass shooting the people who sold them the guns were prosecuted for negligence and the police who ok'd the sale ditto.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
