01-26-2018, 01:37 PM
(01-26-2018, 01:22 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Regulation has been successful in many areas. Requiring people to have prescriptions for narcotics.
You literally just typed that requiring a prescription for narcotics has been successful. I don't think I've ever seen someone step in that deep.
Quote: I could go on and on, but to claim that no government regulation has ever protected public safety is ridiculous.
I see your time on the bant list did you no good at all. Still claiming people made claims they never made. Do you really not get that everyone but you and your triumvirate are completely wise to this?
Quote:Wouldn't you agree that with drug enforcement policy it is just as important to go after the trafficking and source of illegal drugs than to just keep arresting people for possessing the drugs?
Aside from the fact that this comparison does you no favors at all, as drug enforcement policy has been an abject failure by any measure, it's also an apples and oranges comparison. Drug policy limits the sale of substances that are illegal. Firearms are not only legal, but owning them is a right built into our Constitution. Also, in your example, the person possessing the drugs intends to use them. Unless you're talking about dealers, but as a lawyer you would realize that such an implication would require different wording so clearly that wasn't your intended implication. So, in regards to drugs, going after the importers and distributors of illegal substances makes much more sense than going after individual users. But then, no one ever robbed someone using a joint or a bag of meth as a weapon.
Quote:Then why not do the same thing when addressing gun violence?
Because, as I illustrated above, they are completely incomparable in this fashion. Fireams manufacturers create a perfectly legal product. Firearms dealers, who have to undergo a rigorous licensing process (ooohhh look, it's those government regulations you were asking for!), sell a completely legal product. Firearms purchasers, who have to undergo a NICS background check (ooohhh look, it's those government regulations you were asking for!), are purchasing a completely legal product.
The only black market for firearms is for firearms that are illegal under federal law, or stolen firearms sold to people who could not legally purchase them or prefer not to in order to avoid being a known gun purchaser.
