[MeganC]

Here’s my solution to gun violence:

Since Democrats compose the overwhelming majority of those who commit gun crimes then I propose that Democrats be prohibited from owning guns.

They shouldn’t complain about this since they supposedly don’t want guns anyway, right?

[ealgeone]

And I'd add that any tax increases should be applied to those who identify as democrats and decreases applied to Republicans.

Time to put their money where their mouth is.

[rlmorel]

When I talk about this, I always feel the need to tell people I don't believe in controlling who can own guns based on what they believe ideologically, and that includes Leftists. As we are fond of accurately pointing out, the 2nd Amendment covers them them too.

That said, I have long maintained that if we adopted their tactics and did withhold weapons from groups of people in the same fashion they would, Leftists would be among the first group that we would not allow to own weapons.

If we did, it wouldn't be because of what they believe, it would be because the observation of Leftism forces its adherents to actively practice the Orwellian concept of "Doublethink", the exercise of holding two diametrically opposed thoughts in your mind and believing them both to be true, though it is impossible that they both be true. The kicker is, the person engaging in doublethink must sincerely believe them both to be true.

To engage in this process for humans results in cognitive dissonance for the person, the psychological stress of bending the mind to accomplish this, even if the Orwellian concept of sincere belief cannot be realized. Humans are very good at rationalizing, and sometimes the more intelligent a person is, the easier it is to rationalize something and come to grips with it.

But coming to grips with it instead of achieving a powerful form of self deception carries a price tag. One article states:

"...It appears that extended exposure to cognitive dissonance ignites an initial emotional reaction that is then mediated by the rationalization process. "If no rationalization can be made, or if the emotion cannot be effectively controlled by the individual, then the initial emotional reaction may grow more powerful, resulting in mood-regulation disorders such as depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder..."

That is a bunch of psychobabble, but what it boils down to for me is that I see many Leftists as being too mentally unstable to safely own weapons.

Who commits, by far and beyond in this country, the most violent crime with weapons? The statistics bear out that it is Leftists.