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I think the point is that the people who're already on the wrong side of the law will continue ignoring this new law. Mobsters won't stop buying guns because t
by ian-g 6y ago
I think the point is that the people who're already on the wrong side of the law will continue ignoring this new law.
Mobsters won't stop buying guns because they're banned.
Lots of people won't stop using encryption software just because it's banned.
- CameronNemo 6y ago>Lots of people won't stop using encryption software just because it's banned. In particular organized crime, which the government is claiming to address via this policy.
- tshaddox 6y agoI think the hope isn’t that mobsters would choose to stop buying guns out of respect for the law, but rather that it will literally be more difficult for mobsters to buy guns because of actual enforcement of the law.
- kajecounterhack 6y agoLike any abuse fighting, your goal is not to make guns impossible to get (which is impossible), your goal is to make it as expensive as humanly possible, which decreases how many people have them and increases overall societal safety. Also mobsters get rid of guns that killed people because they can lead to stiffer penalties. So taking legal guns out of circulation and then making strong deterrents for possession of illegal guns does help achieve this aim, you're decreasing the overall supply and driving up their prices.