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Except for the police, who call for gun control all the time, because of the obvious self interest. You can see the policy paper of the International Associati

Except for the police, who call for gun control all the time, because of the obvious self interest. You can see the policy paper of the International Association of Chiefs of Police: https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/IACP%20Firearms%20Position%20Paper_2018.pdf https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/IACP%20F... The IACP has been a strong supporter of the assault weapons ban since 1992, and our membership has approved several reauthorizations of support in the years since. The membership took this action because we, as law enforcement executives, understand that the criminal use of semiautomatic assault weapons pose a grave risk to our officers and the communities they are sworn to protect. or https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/police-organizations-gun-control/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/police-organizations...

labster 4y ago
Nice try but the assault weapons ban is almost the weakest form of gun control, right behind “no guns for the clinically insane.” Handguns are involved in vastly more death and crime, yet no one tries to stop them. Concealed firearms are what terrify police, so why not strictly license concealable firearms?
- Vaslo 4y ago
  What’s the strongest form?
  - labster 4y ago
    no guns 4 u. Obviously there’s a continuum here, and this end includes “likely to be eaten by a bear” in some parts of America.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  That is how it operated in many jurisdictions, but a recent court case (Bruen vs New York) has set a precedent that local authorities can't limit concealed carry because of the 2nd amendment. Indeed, it's hard to see how they can limit open carry or anything else for that matter, given the extremely broad scope of the 2a and the current court's maximalist interpretation of it.
iosono88 4y ago
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labster 4y ago

Nice try but the assault weapons ban is almost the weakest form of gun control, right behind “no guns for the clinically insane.” Handguns are involved in vastly more death and crime, yet no one tries to stop them. Concealed firearms are what terrify police, so why not strictly license concealable firearms?

Vaslo 4y ago
What’s the strongest form?
- labster 4y ago
  no guns 4 u. Obviously there’s a continuum here, and this end includes “likely to be eaten by a bear” in some parts of America.
anigbrowl 4y ago
That is how it operated in many jurisdictions, but a recent court case (Bruen vs New York) has set a precedent that local authorities can't limit concealed carry because of the 2nd amendment. Indeed, it's hard to see how they can limit open carry or anything else for that matter, given the extremely broad scope of the 2a and the current court's maximalist interpretation of it.

iosono88 4y ago

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