04-01-2017, 11:26 AM
(04-01-2017, 10:55 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: This is hardly a new topic or news anyone who frequents here is not aware of. I've brought this exact topic up several times to show how new gun control laws are not only pointless, they're unnecessary. In the last decade or so gun ownership has exploded while at the same time violent crime and murder continued an overall decline. Targeting hard core recidivists with long (forever) prison sentences helps reduce gun violence. Telling me I can't have a AR with a functional mag release doesn't do shit.
Politicians like to appear to be doing something, it's far easier than actually doing something and the idiots lap it up. See, I passed gun control legislation to protect you! I did something! Like Martin Sheen asked in the beginning of The Departed, "Do you want to be a cop or do you want to appear to be a cop?". The same question could be asked of politicians, do you want to make a difference or appear to make a difference. The vast majority choose the latter every time, knowingly or otherwise.
Good points. They also call into question the furor/hysteria over the OP and the gun and gang violence hyped in this thread.
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