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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Solon who wrote (41343)11/17/2005 10:06:43 AM
From: mph  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
...But we don't let idiots drive cars, we don't let children drive cars, we don't let people drive cars if they've been drinking, we don't let people drive cars that are 100 feet long or wide--and so forth.

Actually, we do let them.
Punishment only occurs if they're caught, and
even then does not necessarily follow.

Goes to show that regulation doesn't necessarily prevent anything. Those inclined to break the law will do so regardless of the regulations.

The nature of firearms is such that one would expect
the greatest disregard for the law from those whom
we most fear should not have access.

IOW, the bad guys will get the guns regardless of
the law. Why the focus on regulation of the law abiding public?

I, for one, would rather see resources used to enforce
motor vehicle laws, including keeping cars off the highway
that shouldn't even be on the road and preventing unlicensed,
uninsured or bad drivers from driving, and making
the penalties swifter and more certain for lack of compliance.

More people are killed or injured by cars than hand guns.

I don't know how many cases I've handled where the most
culpable driver was driving a car with a junker title, which
should not have been on the road, and where the driver was
both unlicensed and uninsured.
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