Wow. I was amazed to see this posted today from TheStreet.com, but then picked up by Yahoo. Almost every story I can remember since Sandy Hook has been slanted with psycho-babble drivel about gun control. This article actually puts forth arguments for gun control not working and why, and it was picked up by other outlets.
Ultimately, new laws will give Americans a false sense of security and further delay efforts to address cultural dysfunctions that give rise to so much violence.
With millions of guns in circulation, background checks for owners and federal surveillance of every single sale -- by a dealer or private individual -- won't keep guns out of the hands of deranged individuals.
Locks don't stop thieves -- they just slow them down. Individuals bent on getting their hands on a gun, will -- unless the federal government can find a constitutional way to make most guns illegal, and that is not going to happen. The Senate bill and much of the legislation proposed or recently passed in more progressive states like New York can't change that.
A hard reality advocates of strict gun controls won't address is that automatic rifles of the type used in Newton and other tragedies are necessary for the protection of law-abiding adults in rural areas and many other locations. A handgun is not much use when confronted by multiple armed intruders at 2 a.m., and a police response -- even triggered by a home security system--is 20 minutes to an hour away. Only a weapon that can fire multiple rounds quickly will suffice.
Absolutely limiting the size of ammunition magazines would help, but if a deranged person can steal an automatic weapon, he can surely manage to get his hands on one of the many large magazines that will remain in circulation or will be manufactured illegally. They're just not that difficult to make.
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