But you think more gun control laws would have prevented this?
Well, sure. Once a bad guy has a gun, he is going to ignore the laws about possessing it and carrying it and using it. But no-one would illegally sell a gun to a bad guy. Once you have outlawed the suppliers, it’s problem solved! You’d need a whole criminal enterprise to manufacture, ship and sell guns if they were made illegal – and that would never happen. Remember how Prohibition stopped everyone in America from getting a single drop of alcohol, ever, right up until the day of Repeal? It would work like that. Guns are just like alcohol – once people have some, they are gonna do crazy things. But you can totally stop people from getting any, just by passing a law. Totally. [NAACP!]
clearly the “Gun Free Zone” signs were not large enough. we need legislation mandating lager signs.
Exactly.
Who’s on first.
Well, sure. Once a bad guy has a gun, he is going to ignore the laws about possessing it and carrying it and using it. But no-one would illegally sell a gun to a bad guy. Once you have outlawed the suppliers, it’s problem solved! You’d need a whole criminal enterprise to manufacture, ship and sell guns if they were made illegal – and that would never happen. Remember how Prohibition stopped everyone in America from getting a single drop of alcohol, ever, right up until the day of Repeal? It would work like that. Guns are just like alcohol – once people have some, they are gonna do crazy things. But you can totally stop people from getting any, just by passing a law. Totally. [NAACP!]
@1 oops, that should be larger signs, though lager has a certain appeal.
Prohibition might’ve been effective if only they’d mandated “no lager” signs.
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Naturally