08-29-2015, 04:21 PM
(08-29-2015, 12:35 PM)xxlt Wrote: Well, you can't make people drive on the right side of the interstate either (here in Florida we prove that almost daily) but we do try. We have traffic laws. Not everyone obeys them, but most do. We can't prevent rape from happening, but we still have a law against it. I know, seems foolish to try to legislate morality - why don't we just torch the traffic laws and the rape laws too. Moral people will drive safely and not rape and heathens will do neither, so why bother with laws?
Probably my favorite dumb thing the "cold dead hands" people say is "if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." By that logic and the "you can't legislate morality" logic we should have no laws ever, because someone will break them so what's the point? Yeah buddy!
We have laws against using a firearm to hurt other people. We have laws against using a gun in the commission of a crime.
When people choose to break the law, they've already displayed a willingness to not obey laws.
How then do passing more laws help? Do these "gun free zones" seem to work?
