Gun Control Plan
August 28, 2015 at 8:12 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2015 at 8:12 pm by henryp.)
In the US, ideally, we'd scoop up all the guns, melt them down and build playground equipment for inner city children. I have no current use for guns, and would mind in no way living in a society with no guns in it.
Practically speaking, however, what's the plan?
Are you rounding up 300 million guns? Who's doing that? The beloved police going into Detroit door to door to collect them?
Are you ceasing sales of new guns? I don't know if I'm comfortable with a scenario where Bob has 5 guns grandfathered in, and his neighbor Jim can't legally obtain one?
I'm generally fine with background checks and some limitations, but I think that's drop in the bucket stuff when we talk about reducing gun violence given the 100's of millions of guns already out there.
The point being, ignoring all the arguments for guns, lets say the gun lobby caves on all your background checks/gun shows/clip size/etc... Things will still be shit. People will still be getting shot routinely. So what's the real step to go beyond the half-ass politicized solution?
Practically speaking, however, what's the plan?
Are you rounding up 300 million guns? Who's doing that? The beloved police going into Detroit door to door to collect them?
Are you ceasing sales of new guns? I don't know if I'm comfortable with a scenario where Bob has 5 guns grandfathered in, and his neighbor Jim can't legally obtain one?
I'm generally fine with background checks and some limitations, but I think that's drop in the bucket stuff when we talk about reducing gun violence given the 100's of millions of guns already out there.
The point being, ignoring all the arguments for guns, lets say the gun lobby caves on all your background checks/gun shows/clip size/etc... Things will still be shit. People will still be getting shot routinely. So what's the real step to go beyond the half-ass politicized solution?
