Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun Controllers Unwittingly Support Unsafe Societal Conditions [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)The problem is, sane gun laws may reduce gun violence, but they don't reduce overall violence; A murderer is just as likely to murder with a knife as a gun; if someone goes bonkers, not having access to a firearm will not impede them. (IIRC, there was a Japanese man who got onto a bus, stabbed a large group of people, killed a few of them, then ate parts of them as well as himself.) What I'm against is laws that outright -ban- firearms for no particular reason; see the Assault Weapon ban. I'm all in favor of waiting periods (though I think 15 days is a bit much), am not inherently against a handgun registry, and I've got a few personal ideas that might help although they hurt consumers in the pocketbook. Surprisingly, no matter what you may think, I'm all for reasonable gun control; what I'm not for is irrational bans based on feel-good moralistic views with no basis in fact or reality. For instance, you want to buy a machine gun? I'm all for it, but in my ideal world, a purchase like that would get you on a registry and require both a psych eval and a serious waiting period, among other things.