tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post8825986428232991172..comments2024-02-05T11:03:17.462-06:00Comments on Days of our Trailers: What is 'Modest' Gun Control?Thirdpowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886910076400873900noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-32556331029727551192011-10-03T18:56:56.038-05:002011-10-03T18:56:56.038-05:00It is the lack of any objective standard, and the ...It is the lack of any objective standard, and the inability to formulate one, that is the problem. No one knows what "modest" means. It can mean anything you want. That is the beauty of it to gun-control advocates and causes the paranoia in gun-rights groups and others committed to individual rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-60095936511649705512011-10-03T15:21:56.811-05:002011-10-03T15:21:56.811-05:00Yes, and Winkler acknowledges in the early pages o...Yes, and Winkler acknowledges in the early pages of <i>Gun Fight</i> that although he considers the "extremists" on the pro-gun side (that's us) to be somewhat paranoid, that paranoia didn't just rise up in a vacuum--gun owners are paranoid that the anti-rights crowd wants to ban everything and deny any right to keep and bear arms at least in part because they insist on trying to do those things over and over and over again.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-9007334927300730772011-10-03T11:01:06.829-05:002011-10-03T11:01:06.829-05:00My personal metric is does it have a demonstrable ...My personal metric is does it have a demonstrable increase in public safety.<br /><br />The Bottom line is most gun control efforts (modest or extreme) Accomplish NOTHING, OR make the public LESS safe. Also many rules are 100% redundant, like banning the private sale of firearms, or requiring a permit to own, to keep prohibited people from buying guns...which is already a crime.<br /><br />As they say "Gun Control is what you Do instead of something", and generally the laws accomplish nothing if they don't HARM...certainly they never do a lick of good, which is the best reason to oppose such laws.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com