TheHeretic -> RE: California's gun restrictions are working! (8/25/2014 12:55:11 PM)
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No guns = no problems. Does anyone not made of straw really think this? Well of course, DC. It's magical thinking, and it's very popular at the shallow end of the pool. You can sell all sorts of bad ideas by appealing to it. A friend who is a gun hobbyist was here this weekend. He currently likes short range rifles that fire handgun ammo (and they are fun to shoot) and his latest acquisition meets the new requirement for fixed magazines that have to be released with a tool. These are apparently required so that mass murderers will need more time to reload. What a noble idea! Except it gives us guns which are less safe, as people fumble around with a loaded weapon and a weird little tool, when what they need to do is safe the weapon as quickly as possible. I posted a video link a while back, of a California state legislator introducing some new initiative, and just spouting complete gibberish. He had no idea what he was holding, or how any of it worked, but it was baa-aaad and he was going to stop it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJmFEv6BHM0 One guy took an arrow up in the high desert this weekend, but three got shot in an hour down in the basin. It's a culture that is the problem. Unfortunately, there isn't any magic for that either. Only hard roads.
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