[jazusamo]

*PING*
Thomas Sowell

[rlmorel]

Poor Thomas Sowell (and many of us here on places like FR)

We still labor under the misapprehension that logic has a place in making decisions about how we are to be governed.

Sigh.

[DPMD]

There are other pressing questions. 1) Once all privately guns disappear into the government black hole, will there be no longer any need for law enforcement officers? 2) Once we’re all safe from private gun ownership, what will constitute our primary means of protection and defense, and what reason is there to believe it will be any more effective than the government protection industry today?

[tumblindice]

Man-made law (lex humana) and positive law (lex posita or ius positivum) versus natural law.
Common sense, for example, the human rights to defends oneself and others, should trump the first two.
As one example, Chicago has a ton of gun laws and restrictions, yet parts of it are shooting galleries.

“Gun free zones” and more lex humana make sense only to idiots like Democrats who see something, a govt. program that isn’t working, and decide that the best solution is to throw more money at it.

[The Great RJ]

While all Amendments to the Constitution can be altered, I would hope tinkering with the Bill of Rights would never happen. If the Second Amendment were to be repealed, the First Amendment would be next on the block

[umgud]

Compare Chicago, IL murder rates to Montpellier, VT.

Without regard to their gun laws, one has a large number of available criminals, the other doesn’t.

[vette6387]

“But if tighter restrictions on gun ownership do not reduce murders, what is the point of tighter gun control laws — and what is the point of demonizing the National Rifle Association?”

The point is that the Left needs guns to be banned in order to complete their hostile talkeover of the United States, and not get shot during the process.

[patriot08]

It’s not gun control we need..it’s MUSLIM control.

[GOPJ]

As late as 1954, "there were no controls on shotguns" in England, Professor Malcolm reported, but only 12 cases of armed robbery in London. Of these only 4 had real guns. But in the remainder of the 20th century, gun control laws became ever more severe — and armed robberies in London soared to 1,400 by 1974.

More guns... Less Crime. Not something liberals want to hear... not something the lame-0 press will make them hear.

[jazusamo]

New Link at Creators for this article.

https://www.creators.com/read/thomas-sowell/06/16/the-gun-control-farce-3638b