Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)Naa - not worth the money, which would be better spent enforcing the laws on criminals, or to feed the hungry. It also should NOT be needed, as normal real LAW ABIDING people agree to follow laws as being part of a society...all that 'for the common good', & 'establish justice' stuff. Bribing the people with cash incentives shouldn't be necessary, and is bad precedent.
YOU said "Gun owners won't be inconvenienced by laws that don't work". And "This law, in its current form, can be ignored".
YOU were arguing the laws in question weren't enforcible, and simply because of that, and because they might be inconvenient, illustrated how millions of gun owners will willingly ignore them.
So, in fact - YOU were the one demonizing gun owners -by declaring again that they aren't actually very law-abiding AT ALL. And THAT is where I say 'fuck them - throw them in jail'. Criminals should be jailed as punishment for breaking laws, and as a deterence. Make laws enforcible, and then enforce them.
I consistently tended to believe most people, including gun owners, would follow the laws...up until gun owners like you insist, & often state unequivically, that just is not the case.
YOU REALLY need to re-think who has an attitude about gun owners.