gbclarkson
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From another thread:
I see or hear this contrary response, or a close variation thereof, fairly often when reactionary gun control legislation is proposed by a level of government. The mass shooting epidemic would mitigate itself if only current laws were enforced as intended, right? - so the logic implies.
My question is: which ones? Which specific existing laws, if correctly applied, would prevent criminal shootings, and are not being enforced? I asked myself this question and had no ideas. (For reference, I live in central Illinois). Do you have an example? I don't.
I, too, have accepted and repeated this claim in the past. I will not repeat again if I do not have at least one good example to support it.
Is this a valid argument?
stop creating new laws until we start enforcing the ones on the books now.
I see or hear this contrary response, or a close variation thereof, fairly often when reactionary gun control legislation is proposed by a level of government. The mass shooting epidemic would mitigate itself if only current laws were enforced as intended, right? - so the logic implies.
My question is: which ones? Which specific existing laws, if correctly applied, would prevent criminal shootings, and are not being enforced? I asked myself this question and had no ideas. (For reference, I live in central Illinois). Do you have an example? I don't.
I, too, have accepted and repeated this claim in the past. I will not repeat again if I do not have at least one good example to support it.
Is this a valid argument?