Nighthawk117 said:
Medisti said:
You're right. I looked it up, and the 21st Amendment is unique for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment. So, given the divide on simple gun control, the nature of the United States's political process and how difficult it is to get an Amendment passed anyway, any discussion on banning guns outright is essentially a waste of effort.
That said, I don't see how a better background check system would infringe on anyone's privileges. It won't stop gun violence, especially since personal responsibility will be the deciding factor in if children or teens have access to their parents's guns, but it will certainly help curb it somewhat.
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Excellent. Well said Medisti.
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Why, thank you. :)
Can we also take a moment to appreciate "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"? A poignant slogan that is technically true but falls into a logical fallacy. Guns are illegal in Australia and the UK, and it's true, only outlaws have guns there. But, because guns are so much harder to get, very few outlaws have them and gun violence is down greatly as a result. The career criminals of the underworld, the type of outlaws who are more likely to illegally acquire a gun, aren't the ones going into movie theaters and randomly shooting people.
