(05-02-2021 07:23 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-02-2021 07:21 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(05-02-2021 07:19 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-02-2021 06:30 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  In post #55 I said to you: "I believe you that currently proposed laws wouldn't have prevented them". I mean... was that not good enough for you? I'm not sure what it is you need beyond that.

So why favor those laws?

Because, as I have said before, just because certain laws don't prevent every single mass shooting doesn't mean that they aren't worth doing overall.

But if they don't prevent any mass shooting, why are they worth doing?

Not ANY mass shooting... perhaps they wouldn't have prevented these last couple mass shootings however I believe certain laws (federal licensing program as has been discussed recently, beefing up the red flag program, etc.) would have a positive effect overall.

You guys seem to say that the 2nd Amendment gives every American the God-given right to own (and carry?) any gun that is "in common use" (however that is defined). It's like the "well-regulated militia" part of the 2nd Amendment is to be completely ignored. I'm no Constitutional attorney, but from what I can tell when I read opinions on this the situation is much less cut-and-dry than one might think when reading the Quad. It seems that the court struggles with this issue mightily.