In the wake of all these recent shootings some politicians have been pushing legislation for the control of certain types of guns. Personally, I do not think that this ban is a good idea. It just seems poorly thought out and shady. It is shallow. The legislation seems to be based on the idea that creating laws prohibiting certain guns will somehow prevent these shootings from happening. How in the world would these laws even be enforced? What about the black market?
The politicians pushing the legislation also seem to being ignoring a fundamental problem. That problem is mental health. There is no way the Aurora, and Newtown shooters were sane. It has been realized that the Columbine, Tuscon, and Virginia Tech shooters, among others, were suffering from severe mental problems that caused them to act the way they did. If these people feel so inclined, how would some silly law ever stop them from gaining access to whatever gun they might want to use? Its only as dangerous as you make it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/24/lawmakers-to-unveil-new-assault-weapons-ban/
I completely agree with your view on this. Banning certain types of guns still won't stop other types of guns getting into the hands of wrong people.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. They should either ban ALL guns, or no guns at all. Specific types of guns are going to make rarely a difference.
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