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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
It WOULD be nice if we could outlaw lunatics. Just outlawing lunatic drivers on the local roads would be a GIANT step for humanity. keeping large numbers of lunatics in an asylum would be a great idea. Some could be helped. But, we would ALL have to pay increased taxes for that, probably property taxes, and people would be very reluctant to do that.
.......My opinion is to remove easy access for the LUNATICS to acquire their favorite weapon of choice - the semi-automatic rifle. Yes, it has been pointed out that in total there are more mass murders with pistols than semi-auto
rifles. A lot of the mass shootings with pistols are spur-of-the-moment decisions and the pistol is available and easier to hide than a rifle. When a LUNATIC takes the time to plan out his (most are men) mass attack they pick a soft target crowd and they use their "weapon of choice" - the AR-15- style rifle.
.........It is easier to stop the US sales of AR-15-style weapons than trying to outlaw LUNATICS. Also, making laws to restrict magazine size to 5 rounds would be easier. Making the lunatic be at least 21 years old to buy a semi-auto rifle would also be relatively easy and effective.
........The problem is that mass murder events are increasing and will continue to increase. At some level of DEATHS, US citizens will be convinced to go against the will and obscene profits of the gun manufacturers.
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We had no problem outlawing lunatics for 200 years before they emptied the asylums -- and then we started having monthly mass-murder events. It's called cause-and-effect. In fact, we had semi-automatic rifles with large magazine for 100 of those years, without mass-murder events.
It has been illegal for lunatics to have access to weapons for as long as there have been lunatics and weapons. Turns out, much like thugs and bank robbers, lunatics tend to ignore the law when they go off their nut.
The only people your laws impact are the people who obey the law. They aren't the ones shooting up grade schools, so why do you want to confiscate their constitutional rights?
Its simple math. There are about 400 million semi-automatic weapons in circulation, and only about 10,000 lunatics. Much easier to lock up the lunatics than to confiscate 400 million guns from law-abiding citizens, who you will soon discover will simply ignore your unconstitutional law.