Gun Control Reform Activism

slackmaster

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11. No, I didn't say anything like that.

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:05 PM

Mar 2013

I'm all fine with using the stick portion of the justice system to punish malum in se crimes, but that is not the only way to address this kind of problem.

Whenever something outrageous happens, we always see knee-jerk reactions on DU that suggest imposing more power over people - Make it a crime. If it's already a crime, make it more of a crime. When someone misuses something, take the freedom to have that thing away from all the people who didn't misuse it.

More government. More taxes. More power. But there are often alternatives that are cost-efficient, don't erode liberty, and are not exclusive of also having just punishments for acts that are inherently bad.

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Cops in door-to-door manhunt for two young boys after Georgia baby murdered in cold blood [View all] wyldwolf Mar 2013 OP

OMG BainsBane Mar 2013 #1

I say hmmmmm! rdharma Mar 2013 #2

yes, hmmm. But we have to give the mother the benefit of the slightest doubt. wyldwolf Mar 2013 #3

That's why I only said...... "hmmmmmm"! rdharma Mar 2013 #5

If only the baby had been packing a gun! nonoyes Mar 2013 #4

I think the only realistic approach to preventing that kind of thing is education slackmaster Mar 2013 #6

"Will always be stupid. . . ." Hardly an endorsement of more guns, and less control. Hoyt Mar 2013 #7

you can't even support a law about arming minors? CreekDog Mar 2013 #8

So you're saying there should be no punishment for crimes... wyldwolf Mar 2013 #10

No, I didn't say anything like that. slackmaster Mar 2013 #11

yes you did wyldwolf Mar 2013 #13

Saying punishment doesn't prevent the crime is not the same as saying there should be no punishment slackmaster Mar 2013 #14

300 million guns in homes, what could possibly go wrong. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #12

UPDATE: Two youths arrested in shooting death of Georgia baby Tx4obama Mar 2013 #9

Thanks, Tx4obama. So much for the Susan Smith angle. freshwest Mar 2013 #15