Posted on 08/16/2023 9:36:42 AM PDT by rktman
On Saturday, President Biden tweeted his support for an assault weapons ban, for safe storage requirements, for holding gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes, and for enacting universal background checks. Unfortunately, all of these measures will either have no effect or will increase crime.
We have tried a federal assault weapon ban before, and it didn’t save lives.
In 2003, the last full year before the ban expired, the U.S. murder rate stood at 5.7 per 100,000 people. The murder rate stayed below that level until the COVID pandemic in 2020. In 2019, it was 5.0 per 100,000 people.
There was no drop in the number of attacks with assault weapons during the 1994 to 2004 ban. if the policy worked, we should see a drop in the percentage of attacks with assault weapons during the federal ban period and then an increase in the post-ban period. but the exact opposite happened.
Safe storage laws may also sound like a reasonable proposal, but making people lock up their guns actually costs lives. According to my research, published in the Journal of Law and Economics and elsewhere, these laws make it more difficult for people to respond quickly and successfully defend themselves and their families. As a result, criminals became more emboldened to invade people’s homes.
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That statement is both true and irrelevant.
Gun control isn't about crime fighting. That's just dishonest eyewash to fool the rubes.
Gun control is about disarming We the People.
Missed the mark on that by a long shot. Unless kareenee Jean is referencing getting flushed down the crapper. Still think someone needs to hack into the sound system when joementia appears and crank up Highway To Hell at about 130db. 🎸🔊🔊🔊
Heller held that all government-mandated storage requirements that delay access to the firearm by so much as a nanosecond are unconstitutional. And manufacturers already are protected by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Imagine if they started holding both automobile manufacturers and brewers/distillers legally responsible every time there was a drunk driving accident.
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John's work is excellent under the lens of any of these "claims" being about public safety, but they are not. It's only about subjugating citizens. It's plain-old tyranny, with no exceptions.
“Gun control is about disarming We the People.”
And for punishing wrong headed conservatives.
They admitted that some years ago.
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