Well, the nitwits are at it again - now they refer to their anti-gun lunacy as a "peace plan" that will supposedly give us a "safer America".
A Peace Plan for a Safer America
To wit:
To make a sizable dent in reducing gun violence, we need to do the complete opposite: we need to raise the bar for gun ownership and responsibility in America. This begins with what a wide body of research and international precedents tell us is essential to reducing gun violence: a federal system of gun licensing. The facts are clear: a comprehensive system of gun licensing reduces illegal gun trafficking, cuts down on gun homicides, and reduces gun suicides.
For example, when Connecticut implemented a state gun licensing system, its firearms homicide rate declined 40%, with firearm suicides dropping by 15%. Gun licensing has also proven to be effective in other countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, all of which have established robust licensing systems and have dramatically lower per capita rates of gun deaths and injuries.
The obvious unconstitutionality of a requirement to obtain a license license form the state to exercise a fundamental, constitutionally protected right aside, the entire premise here rests on a post-hoc fallacy -- if you ask any of these loons to demonstrate the necessary relationship between licensure and all the magical effects it will bring, they'll balk -- assuming they understand the challenge at all.
Then there's THIS gem:
From a public health perspective, it should at least be as difficult to buy and transfer a firearm as it is to buy and transfer an automobile,
You walk into a dealership, you plunk down your money - you just bought a car.
You walk up to a private seller, you hand him the money, you just bought a car.
I am ALL for this; the anti-gun loons apparently do not understand how cars are bought and sold.
Feel free to read it all for yourself and comment as you find appropriate -- its a hoot!!
A Peace Plan for a Safer America
To wit:
To make a sizable dent in reducing gun violence, we need to do the complete opposite: we need to raise the bar for gun ownership and responsibility in America. This begins with what a wide body of research and international precedents tell us is essential to reducing gun violence: a federal system of gun licensing. The facts are clear: a comprehensive system of gun licensing reduces illegal gun trafficking, cuts down on gun homicides, and reduces gun suicides.
For example, when Connecticut implemented a state gun licensing system, its firearms homicide rate declined 40%, with firearm suicides dropping by 15%. Gun licensing has also proven to be effective in other countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, all of which have established robust licensing systems and have dramatically lower per capita rates of gun deaths and injuries.
The obvious unconstitutionality of a requirement to obtain a license license form the state to exercise a fundamental, constitutionally protected right aside, the entire premise here rests on a post-hoc fallacy -- if you ask any of these loons to demonstrate the necessary relationship between licensure and all the magical effects it will bring, they'll balk -- assuming they understand the challenge at all.
Then there's THIS gem:
From a public health perspective, it should at least be as difficult to buy and transfer a firearm as it is to buy and transfer an automobile,
You walk into a dealership, you plunk down your money - you just bought a car.
You walk up to a private seller, you hand him the money, you just bought a car.
I am ALL for this; the anti-gun loons apparently do not understand how cars are bought and sold.
Feel free to read it all for yourself and comment as you find appropriate -- its a hoot!!
