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You have no Constitutional right to drive a car. You have no Constitutional right to a lot of things. But we do have a Second Amendment and it permits the right to bear arms. Limiting guns to people under 21 is not unreasonable and would almost certainly pass muster if a Federal law were enacted to that effect. Limiting access if the person is a convicted felon would probably also pass muster if narrowly construed and containing protections that would permit removing the restriction in some circumstances. You're never going to get guns out of the hands of criminals, though. They get illegal guns now already anyway.
You have no Constitutional right to drive a car. You have no Constitutional right to a lot of things. But we do have a Second Amendment and it permits the right to bear arms. Limiting guns to people under 21 is not unreasonable and would almost certainly pass muster if a Federal law were enacted to that effect. Limiting access if the person is a convicted felon would probably also pass muster if narrowly construed and containing protections that would permit removing the restriction in some circumstances. You're never going to get guns out of the hands of criminals, though. They get illegal guns now already anyway.
You have to keep the restrictions carefully tailored to avoid too much discretion on the part of the government. Not letting "depressed people" get guns, for example, would be a non-starter.
Yeah I agree. It's 21 in Connecticut. And it's absolutely necessary that any new laws be specific and not open to interpretation.
What impressed me about this editorial was the call for incremental progress, not an outright ban, from a progressive economist. Yes, we will never be able to prevent criminals from obtaining guns illegally. But that doesn't mean reasonable laws won't accomplish anything.
Mook
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Surprise, a progressive editorial on reducing gun violence that's reasonable! (long)
- 25/01/2023 08:09:04 PM
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Too Long Will Read
- 25/01/2023 11:40:02 PM
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It is long but worth reading.
- 26/01/2023 12:29:48 AM
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Tornado News (I am not supposed to get these in Texas, says the former Kansas-ian)
- 27/01/2023 12:10:17 AM
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Some of this is reasonable, but remember: you have no Constitutional right to a dog
- 26/01/2023 06:49:47 PM
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I believe he acknowledges that fact.
- 26/01/2023 07:10:33 PM
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Bullshit. This is incredibly intellectually dishonest.
- 27/01/2023 08:53:42 PM
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You amuse me
- 28/01/2023 12:38:13 AM
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You bewilder me
- 28/01/2023 12:34:42 PM
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a valid point
- 28/01/2023 05:15:31 PM
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Nothing
- 31/01/2023 12:58:31 AM
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Hands off the John Bircher Society
- 01/02/2023 02:46:10 AM
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Less government, more responsibility and with God's help, a better world. *NM*
- 01/02/2023 12:31:08 PM
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