Interestingly enough, the push for handgun prohibition was basically abandoned in the 1990's as being politically untenable. "Handgun Control Inc" changed their name.
The thing is, if you're going to ban the one firearm that, statistically, absolutely causes the most 'social nuisance', it would be handguns. But there are far, far, far too many handgun owners for that to be politically tenable and now that the Supreme Court has basically explicitly included them in the 2nd Amendment coverage, it's a total non-starter... and with the recent horror-show of commonplace multiple-victim public shootings involving semi automatic rifles, the shift is obviously onto those, but statistically, they're very insignificant.
It's an interesting glimpse into how policies and political narratives are often times based on things that aren't necessarily optimal, or even factual.
wareduck on September 22nd, 2018 at 04:00 UTC »
I wonder if that phone number still works.
Italy321 on September 22nd, 2018 at 04:55 UTC »
Interestingly enough, the push for handgun prohibition was basically abandoned in the 1990's as being politically untenable. "Handgun Control Inc" changed their name.
The thing is, if you're going to ban the one firearm that, statistically, absolutely causes the most 'social nuisance', it would be handguns. But there are far, far, far too many handgun owners for that to be politically tenable and now that the Supreme Court has basically explicitly included them in the 2nd Amendment coverage, it's a total non-starter... and with the recent horror-show of commonplace multiple-victim public shootings involving semi automatic rifles, the shift is obviously onto those, but statistically, they're very insignificant.
It's an interesting glimpse into how policies and political narratives are often times based on things that aren't necessarily optimal, or even factual.
tymulligan91 on September 22nd, 2018 at 05:28 UTC »
I only read playboy for the politically driven ads.