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What you are trying to do here, is find some justification for guns; but that is not how a free country works. We don't need to ask the government permission to
by solidsnack9000 7y ago
What you are trying to do here, is find some justification for guns; but that is not how a free country works. We don't need to ask the government permission to do stuff. We can still do things without having a good reason.
Not sure what policy you're proposing but whatever it is, it needs justification -- that's what limited government is about. No restrictions without reasons.
- samsonradu 7y agoI'm not proposing any policy. Trying to assess if having assault guns causes more problems than it solves, considering it's hard to keep control of who buys/sells them in a country of 300M+ population. That would probably stand for a justification, wouldn’t it? We’re also forbidden to keep plutonium or enriched uranium in our basement regardless of what we use it for. Hell there’s many free countries where it’s illegal to possess weed.
- solidsnack9000 7y agoIt seems like you’re obliquely arguing for something, since you say “it’s hard to keep control of who buys/sells them” and offer this as justification, but justification for what, exactly? I don’t think it’s reasonable to look at service pattern rifles in isolation to try to sort out whether they are a problem. They don’t seem to be a major contributor to gun deaths, overall — rifles of all descriptions contribute ~5% of gun deaths every year in the US. Their potential danger may seem great but the data does not bear that out.