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Thu Jan-20-11 03:28 PM
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27. Define rational gun law .. |
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usually the real anti-RKBA answer in the debate over firearms is that no one should own any firearm or any firearm which holds more than 6 rounds and is semi-automatic. All rational laws passed in the future should incrementally lead to this final result. Of course, the people who propose new guns laws will never admit this
But rationality runs into reality. Banning and confiscating firearms is impossible and futile just as banning the illegal importation and use of drugs.
We have plenty of rational gun laws right now. Admittedly they will not prevent a person with a severe undiagnosed and untreated mental illness from committing a mass murder. Neither would any other "rational" laws that the anti-RKBA contingent has proposed.
We can improve existing gun laws such as making sure records get into the NICS background check faster. We can impose harsh sentences on those with a violent criminal background found carrying a firearm illegally. We can do a lot to actually make a difference or we can just sit around and try to pass useless "feel good" laws such as another ban on assault weapons or a ban on high capacity magazines,
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