Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Senate Panel Votes for Ban on Assault Weapons [View all]thucythucy
(8,038 posts)that oversight.
To argue that a bill that was passed almost twenty years ago, or any bill for that matter, was flawed, and therefore we shouldn't consider any new laws to address the same problem, is hardly logical.
The first child labor laws probably contained flaws and oversights, ditto the first environmental laws. I know for a fact the first disability rights laws were seriously flawed (no enforcement provision, for example, in the first federal Architectural Barriers Act). I don't see how it's "logical" to therefore assume we should simply give up on the whole concept of passing laws, regulating, enforcement, as a way to deal with this problem.
So the 1994 law was flawed (though, since it was allowed to lapse after ten years one could argue the data aren't conclusive). So let's make sure the new law doesn't contain the same flaws.
And yes, I know you're arguing that ANY law banning these weapons is inherently flawed. I--and many others--don't agree.
We'll just have to be patient as the usual legislative process unfolds, learn from our mistakes, and trudge along as best we can, hoping too many more children aren't horrifically slaughtered in the meantime.
To me, that seems the most logical way to go.