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> common sense What is "common sense?" Why is it a foregone conclusion that whatever proposal is automatically "common sense?"

• millzlane 3y ago
  In some cases, not all, The bills don't seem to address the crux of the issues. Instead, like most politicians do, they try for legislation that sounds good but don't address the problem of people already with guns and criminal enterprises that are making them[1] and selling them. For instance, in my state, they changed the laws of where you can and can't carry. It's now more illegal to carry a gun on, say, for instance, school property. But it was already illegal. If our goal is to prevent gun deaths. This law does not prevent that from happening. [1]https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ghost-guns-3d-printer-found-in-unlocked-room-during-bust-at-east-harlem-day-care/4717259/ https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ghost...