Uvalde - the followup

[sear]

"The problem of gun control is that it violates the basic concepts of a republic.
It says to trust government, which is a bad idea." R5 #360

Absolutism appeals to some because it is simple.

In practice it's not sensible to have zero gun laws.
Allowing nursery school students to carry loaded guns would be imprudent.

It wouldn't be practical to allow loaded guns in our law courts.
But as soon as we acknowledge the line must be drawn, it becomes a quibble about where the line is to be drawn.

 

[Rigby5]

Absolutism appeals to some because it is simple.

In practice it's not sensible to have zero gun laws.
Allowing nursery school students to carry loaded guns would be imprudent.

It wouldn't be practical to allow loaded guns in our law courts.
But as soon as we acknowledge the line must be drawn, it becomes a quibble about where the line is to be drawn.

But you can't arrest nursery school students, so you have to trust parents to take care of things like that.
I have seen where they arrest parents for not keeping guns out of the hands of children, and that usually is even worse.
Even if the parents were at fault, imprisoning the parents destroys the children even more, ensuring vastly greater problems later.