Thomas Sowell on gun control

[KLB]

An oldie but goodie that I just ran across:

Concealed guns protect not only those who carry them but also those who do not. If concealed guns become widespread, then a mugger or a carjacker has no way of knowing who has one and who does not. It makes being a mugger or a carjacker a less safe occupation. Gun-control laws are in effect occupational-safety laws — OSHA for burglars, muggers, carjackers, and others.

The fatal fallacy of gun-control laws in general is the assumption that such laws actually control guns. Criminals who disobey other laws are not likely to be stopped by gun-control laws. What such laws actually do is increase the number of disarmed and defenseless victims.

What puts a stop to mass shootings? Usually the arrival on the scene of somebody else with a gun.

Mass shootings are often used as examples of a need for gun control. But what puts a stop to mass shootings? Usually the arrival on the scene of somebody else with a gun.

Mass shooters are often portrayed as “irrational” people engaged in “senseless” acts. But mass shooters are usually rational enough to attack schools, churches, and other places where there is far less likelihood of someone being on the scene who is armed.

Seldom do we hear about these “irrational” shooters engaging in “senseless” attacks on meetings of the National Rifle Association or a local gun show or a National Guard armory.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/12/ ... ers-crime/

[DynamicDan]

Thomas Sowell has always been on top of reality.

[mojo84]

One of my heroes.

[MaduroBU]

Economists who treat people as thinking individuals are uniformly hated by their own kind. A "How dare you suggest that our models are imperfect?" sort of thing.

[WildRose]

Sowell is one of the greatest thinkers and true libertarian/conservatives of the last hundred years. His logic almost always is unassailable.

[longtooth]

I like everything I ever read from him.

[chasfm11]

I like everything I ever read from him.