>> t is a typical wingnut argument. "It would be hard, so no sense in doing anything"...
First, it is the same argument you've made in support of your position, that is, that it will be hard to create viable weapons with AM and therefore it won't get done. That's nonsense. Of course it will.
Secondly, in the case of trying to control weapons, there are multiple reasons for NOT doing it. Obviously, it is a futile task, forgetting 3d printing for the moment. There are 300M weapons around the country today, and disarming the ordinary American does NOTHING to control gun violence. By the time you make a dent in the 300M weapons, any criminal who wants one can have it printed, machined, or just steal it from someone else. It is totally stupid.
The more important reason for NOT increasing gun regulation is that, as it did with the war on drugs, it will create a false sense of security about the problem that will lead government to institutionalize a lie, while taking its eyes off the ball, which is the violence. Government does it time and again -- sets out with a particular agenda, but when that agenda fails to produce results, it continues to the point of absolute counterproductivity and eventually becomes a bureaucratic football. One can point to scarcely a single government program of any longevity where this has NOT happened.
Forgetting the constitutional issues, it is just a horribly bad idea. |
