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CPD: Man Defending Infant Son Shoots Robber

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iossarian1/10/2013 12:49:14 pm PST

re: #43 Obdicut

Look, I’m not trying to get at you - if this is upsetting it’s probably not worth arguing over.

Of course I don’t think it’s likely the constitution will get amended. This is Amerika after all. But equally I don’t like to give up on good ideas just because of the idiots. Sometimes you have to act as if unlikely things are achievable.

I’m not mocking your idea by the way. I simply don’t know how much of an effect different specific types of regulation will have, because I have very little expertise in this area. On the other hand, the differences between nations with effective bans on personal gun ownership and those without are stark.

It is possible that really significant gun regulation short of an effective ban would take us to a Canada-like situation. If that happens, that would obviously be a hugely positive outcome (given my admittedly superficial knowledge of Canadian gun laws and gun violence statistics).