I agree that the adults in the family should assume the liability of their kids actions.
The Perpetual Gun Control Thread
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These posts started me digging back through memories. Of all of the murders reported locally in the news, I assume that the intra-family killings probably were with legal weapons. In all of the others - drug-related, drive-bys, rage, etc., it's mentioned that the weapon was illegal - stolen, etc. The TV stations seem to go out of their ways to mention it. I guess it's pertinent...
Oh yeah, our local news stations do the same thing. I just chalk it up to the personal beliefs of the producers and station owners influencing how things are reported.
IDK if it's that or they're trying to throw in any tidbit they think might be of interest. However, it very much illustrates Brad's point above. There was a recent news item on gun thefts from autos, with an appeal from authorities not to leave a gun in a car. Here's a Guardian article from 2016:
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I agree with Brad in that taking into consideration the number of guns already "out there" in our country. Outside of an all out confiscation of these guns, any legislation that only deals with new gun sales is useless on what we as a society are trying to accomplish with regard to gun control.
i don't think it is useless. i imagine that any solution(s) we will come up with wrt gun control will involve many facets and will probably come into being (if it does at all) in a piece meal fashion.
I could have used a better word to describe my line of thinking. I'm not saying useless (literally), but doesn't make a material difference in the overall goal.
No, useless means literally nothing good comes out of it. Whereas a "material difference" means there maybe isolated, small pockets of "good" the program or legislation is accomplishing. But from an overall perspective, isn't producing the level of results toward accomplishing the goal. I take it you have zero experience in audit/accounting?
And whether we ignore all the drawbacks and unintended consequences associated with enacting legislation to feel like we're doing something good while actually exacerbating the problem.
I don't know where it will stop if it starts. I do know that I will not be turning any in since I don't recall having any....
or that many more people who may eventually vote for folks who may not dismiss potential policy solutions out of hand because they do not completely solve every conceivable problem
No one is asking for every conceivable problem to be solved. I'm asking for liberty to be preserved even where it means someone may be fearful of the potential negative consequences of that liberty. I am asking for big problems to not be created (abandoning a principled commitment to freedom) by solving small ones (reducing gun violence). Yes, I know you don't think that is what is happening with "common sense" gun control, there is no point in restating our disagreement on these points.
understood. i have similar thoughts about liberty when it comes to women having autonomy over their bodies.
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