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Gun Control & RKBA

virginia mountainman

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2. Salon magazine said about this same thing back in July...

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 05:38 PM

Nov 2015

It is perhaps counterintuitive to say so but gun control responses to mass killings – whether racially motivated or otherwise – are a deep mistake. The standard form of gun control means writing more criminal laws, creating new crimes, and therefore creating more criminals or more reasons for police to suspect people of crimes. More than that, it means creating yet more pretexts for a militarized police, full of racial and class prejudice, to over police.

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/24/gun_controls_racist_reality_the_liberal_argument_against_giving_police_more_power/

But to the elite, gun control advocates, they care little, about the end result, only the end result, collateral damage is just "too bad".

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Glenn Reynolds: How gun laws put the innocent on trial [View all] sarisataka Nov 2015 OP

Prohibition movements always seek to criminalize masses of people by legislation. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #1

Salon magazine said about this same thing back in July... virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #2

They're far more concerned with the means than the ends. beevul Nov 2015 #4

K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #3