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It's true for all laws, and yet we write plenty of laws. Like pestilent microbes or pieces of space junk, once there's enough of them out there it's hard to nav

It's true for all laws, and yet we write plenty of laws. Like pestilent microbes or pieces of space junk, once there's enough of them out there it's hard to navigate and easy to catch damage for a long time. For guns in working order, even completely freezing all manufacture would leave lots of rapid semi-autos out there for a century or more. Same for the ammo. Horse and barn door. No vaccine for this like there is for smallpox or polio, though, you can't fix criminal or stupid.

lax4ever 4y ago
What is your definition of a rapid semi-auto? This is certainly not a term used by the majority of gun owners/manufacturers. EDIT: A semi-automatic firearm is defined by that which fires a single bullet per pull of the trigger and then automatically reloads a round for the next pull of a trigger. There really is no "rapid" to it because this kind of reloading is either a do or do not.
- quantified 4y ago
  There was a really good writeup posted on HN a couple of weeks back, I need to locate the link. The gist was that there is a combination of factors for receiver and magazine that define the assault factors of the rifle, and anti-gun people always get pwned by being steered to minor and irrelevant differences between the military and civilian versions, and trying to define gun instead of platform. The author is a gun owner and enthusiast, but not a Wayne LaPierre.
prirun 4y ago
> It's true for all laws, and yet we write plenty of laws. True, but doesn't mean they're effective. I've long held that before enacting a new law, lawmakers should be required to remove an existing ineffective, unneeded, or outdated law, even if it's in a different area. Someone below mentioned "unrestricted access to guns". I don't have a problem with registering a gun, or even background checks, though since we have that now, it doesn't seem to be very effective. People get outraged when horrible things happen, as they should. They want to do something to try to prevent it from happening again, which is also good. But bad things do happen and will continue to happen, and we need to accept this as part of life that we can't control. We also need to make sure we're addressing the real problem when looking for solutions. I just read this article related to the Uvalde shooting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/25/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-gunman/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/25/uvalde-texa... I'm not taking up for the shooter, but was interested in his background. a) lived with his mom who was a drug addict b) was 18 and bought the guns when he turned 18. So I'm guessing he had planned this for a while c) was never in trouble with the law, so not sure how gun laws would have prevented anything d) had only 1 friend who moved away e) was bullied since middle school for stuttering, so if he was 11 then, that's 7 years of bullying and harassment f) was later bullied and called a fag (I guess, article didn't specify) for wearing eyeliner to school Who among us could endure 7 years of bullying, 5 days a week, without even 1 friend or a decent parent? And maybe also wrestling with being gay? The human spirit does have limits...
- quantified 4y ago
  Well, that's where access to guns comes in. Suppose every bullied kid had several at their disposal? Maybe that would reduce bullying. I'm very sympathetic to the bullied, we lose a lot of human capital to bullying.

lax4ever 4y ago

What is your definition of a rapid semi-auto? This is certainly not a term used by the majority of gun owners/manufacturers. EDIT: A semi-automatic firearm is defined by that which fires a single bullet per pull of the trigger and then automatically reloads a round for the next pull of a trigger. There really is no "rapid" to it because this kind of reloading is either a do or do not.

quantified 4y ago
There was a really good writeup posted on HN a couple of weeks back, I need to locate the link. The gist was that there is a combination of factors for receiver and magazine that define the assault factors of the rifle, and anti-gun people always get pwned by being steered to minor and irrelevant differences between the military and civilian versions, and trying to define gun instead of platform. The author is a gun owner and enthusiast, but not a Wayne LaPierre.

prirun 4y ago

> It's true for all laws, and yet we write plenty of laws. True, but doesn't mean they're effective. I've long held that before enacting a new law, lawmakers should be required to remove an existing ineffective, unneeded, or outdated law, even if it's in a different area. Someone below mentioned "unrestricted access to guns". I don't have a problem with registering a gun, or even background checks, though since we have that now, it doesn't seem to be very effective. People get outraged when horrible things happen, as they should. They want to do something to try to prevent it from happening again, which is also good. But bad things do happen and will continue to happen, and we need to accept this as part of life that we can't control. We also need to make sure we're addressing the real problem when looking for solutions. I just read this article related to the Uvalde shooting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/25/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-gunman/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/25/uvalde-texa... I'm not taking up for the shooter, but was interested in his background. a) lived with his mom who was a drug addict b) was 18 and bought the guns when he turned 18. So I'm guessing he had planned this for a while c) was never in trouble with the law, so not sure how gun laws would have prevented anything d) had only 1 friend who moved away e) was bullied since middle school for stuttering, so if he was 11 then, that's 7 years of bullying and harassment f) was later bullied and called a fag (I guess, article didn't specify) for wearing eyeliner to school Who among us could endure 7 years of bullying, 5 days a week, without even 1 friend or a decent parent? And maybe also wrestling with being gay? The human spirit does have limits...

quantified 4y ago
Well, that's where access to guns comes in. Suppose every bullied kid had several at their disposal? Maybe that would reduce bullying. I'm very sympathetic to the bullied, we lose a lot of human capital to bullying.