>> Sure, some people won't buy insurance. Like some people drive without car insurance. Are you claiming that car insurance only makes it more difficult for people to drive?
Not "only" makes it more difficult, but makes it unnecessarily difficult. From its inception, the auto insurance mandate in MA was about political cronyism and corporate welfare -- as usual, under the guise of protecting the public interests. A proliferation of corporate interests in the MA legislative body resulted in the typical over-reaching at public expense.
>> Just stating something doesn't make it true. And this is not a truthful statement. Most homicides, like 71%, are likely committed with a legally acquired weapon.
That's bunk. Here are some facts.
- 60% of homicides are committed by felons. Felons cannot legally own or use a gun.
- 15% of murders are committed by persons not legally old enough to own a firearm.
Hence, assuming an even distribution, at most 25% of the illegal homicides committed by firearm in a given year could reasonably be expected to be with illegally owned firearms. However,
- 66% of homicides are committed with guns. The other 1/3 are with other weapons.
Thus, assuming an even distribution, roughly 16.5% of the ~16,000 illegal homicides could be committed with legal firearms. Just giving your claim the benefit of the doubt, let's say it could be 20%. (However, it is worth mentioning that certain homicides, e.g., crimes of passion and crimes of opportunity, are more likely to be committed without a gun; so, it is reasonable to conclude that 16.5% figure actually OVERSTATES the figure). At any rate, your 71% figure is total bullshit.
>> If you make the penalty stiffer if a crime is committed with an uninsured weapon, then compliance is going to be higher.
A totally unsupportable statement. Hell, if you raise taxes on weapons you'll have more of an effect than increasing then penalty.
Few murders are committed with the killer's expectation he'll end up being caught or convicted.
You are just totally clueless on this subject. Beyond clueless. |
