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This is just a variation of the slippery slope argument except this slope doesn't seem very slippery to me. Gun rights have been getting stronger in the US not
by sesutton 12y ago
This is just a variation of the slippery slope argument except this slope doesn't seem very slippery to me. Gun rights have been getting stronger in the US not weaker, courts in recent years have decided that the 2nd amendment is an individual right and that it is incorporated against the states.
I don't see how a libertarian, as many gun advocates but certainly not all, can make a rational argument for preventing a private company from selling smart-guns to individuals.
- Jaecen 12y agoI don't think anyone is trying to ban smart-guns. What they're trying to stop is regulation requiring guns to be smart.
- sesutton 12y agoMaybe not through legal means but the one gun store that tried to actually sell a smart gun got death threats.
- MrMember 12y agoIt isn't a slippery slope, it is already reality. The New Jersey Childproof Handgun Law outlaws the sale of non-smart guns once a smart gun becomes available for sale anywhere in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Childproof_Handgun_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Childproof_Handgun_...
- scott_karana 12y agoNumerous other countries have substantially curtailed the right to own guns, so it's no large stretch of the imagination.