Gun Control Measures

[SlowSpyder]

Can't solve 100% of the problem in one go so why try? Why do we even bother making it illegal to kill cops, it obviously did't stop him.

No, that isn't the argument. If it doesn't help, but restricts lawful citizens, why bother? These feel good do nothing restrictions the left wants are not going to tangibly help the problem.

 

[Jhhnn]

No, that isn't the argument. If it doesn't help, but restricts lawful citizens, why bother? These feel good do nothing restrictions the left wants are not going to tangibly help the problem.

If (false premise) then (false conclusion).

 

[SMOGZINN]

No, that isn't the argument. If it doesn't help, but restricts lawful citizens, why bother? These feel good do nothing restrictions the left wants are not going to tangibly help the problem.

Can you give me one reason to think it would not help? Everything, even basic logic, says it would help. It just won't instantly solve the problem.

 

[glenn1]

Can you give me one reason to think it would not help? Everything, even basic logic, says it would help. It just won't instantly solve the problem.

Well one reason is that past restrictions didn't really work (see Assault Weapons Ban). Another is that current methods of background checks and such don't seem to do anything to prevent mass shootings either since basically all of the shooters lately passed the background checks. IMHO we already have too much of a security state going on with NSA evesdropping, etc. and the amount of additional surveillance needed to "stop" mass shootings would turn us into an outright police state. And it wouldn't be limited to just gun owners either, EVERYONE would be caught up in it. Notice how everyone's info is routinely harvested by government in the name of "having dots to connect" when 99.9999999% of us will never have the slightest thing to do with terrorism.

I suppose if you like security theater like the TSA making you throw out your small bottle of hand sanitizer "just in case it's a bomb" that expanding background checks further are useful as a panacea. Of course those supporting the typical set of gun control measures don't bother addressing the actual concerns of gun owners (like cost, speed, convenience) if "universal background checks" were adopted and miscast it as opposing all background checks generally.

 

[fskimospy]

Well one reason is that past restrictions didn't really work (see Assault Weapons Ban). Another is that current methods of background checks and such don't seem to do anything to prevent mass shootings either since basically all of the shooters lately passed the background checks. IMHO we already have too much of a security state going on with NSA evesdropping, etc. and the amount of additional surveillance needed to "stop" mass shootings would turn us into an outright police state. And it wouldn't be limited to just gun owners either, EVERYONE would be caught up in it. Notice how everyone's info is routinely harvested by government in the name of "having dots to connect" when 99.9999999% of us will never have the slightest thing to do with terrorism.

I suppose if you like security theater like the TSA making you throw out your small bottle of hand sanitizer "just in case it's a bomb" that expanding background checks further are useful as a panacea. Of course those supporting the typical set of gun control measures don't bother addressing the actual concerns of gun owners (like cost, speed, convenience) if "universal background checks" were adopted and miscast it as opposing all background checks generally.

Gun control is generally effective at reducing gun violence though so it sure seems like a good idea even if it doesn’t stop all shootings.

 

[glenn1]

Gun control is generally effective at reducing gun violence though so it sure seems like a good idea even if it doesn’t stop all shootings.

What specific "gun control" policy are you referring to that's so effective?

 

[fskimospy]

What specific "gun control" policy are you referring to that's so effective?

Generally speaking reducing the number and prevalence of firearms reduces homicide rates so really pick any one you want.

 

[Jhhnn]

Generally speaking reducing the number and prevalence of firearms reduces homicide rates so really pick any one you want.

Reducing the population of poisonous snakes generally reduces incidents of snakebite. It's an amazing correlation.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Well one reason is that past restrictions didn't really work (see Assault Weapons Ban). Another is that current methods of background checks and such don't seem to do anything to prevent mass shootings either since basically all of the shooters lately passed the background checks.

So, you think that if we removed all weapon restrictions and just allowed machine guns to be sold in vending machines that nothing much would change? Otherwise what you are really saying is it did not change enough for you, because I hold that those things did work. They just didn't work well enough. Which means we should look at what parts did work, and what parts failed, and then improve on them, not abandon them.

IMHO we already have too much of a security state going on with NSA evesdropping, etc. and the amount of additional surveillance needed to "stop" mass shootings would turn us into an outright police state.

Who said anything about additional surveillance? Now you are making things up. That would only be needed if we were going to attack this from the behavioral side. That is the gun nuts version of security. Those of us that want gun control accept that bad things are going to happen and instead want to limit how bad they can be. It is literally the same argument on why we ban high explosives and other weapons of mass destruction.

 

[imported_tajmahal]

AR-15's and assorted semi-auto rifles are still for $400 and up. Seems no one is really concerned that extreme gun control/banning/checks and other measures are going to happen.

 

[SMOGZINN]

AR-15's and assorted semi-auto rifles are still for $400 and up. Seems no one is really concerned that extreme gun control/banning/checks and other measures are going to happen.

It could be that we just hit peak gun.