Gun Control: Just the Facts, Part 2- The Practical Issues

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Gun Control: Just the Facts, Part 2- The Practical Issues

 

By: davenj1 (Diary) | April 12th, 2013 at 02:28 AM

In part 1, I discussed some of the constitutional issues involved with gun control legislation. In both the Heller and McDonald cases, Justices Scalia and Alito respectively got it right when they answered the underlying fundamental question about the Second Amendment- whether it is an individual or a collective right. As was discussed, it is clearly an individual right with a collective purpose. The collective aspect is moot without the individual right. The Left can wish to relitigate these cases and play semantic games, but it is what it correctly is.

 

Many arguments for gun control start to fall apart when one looks at the statistical evidence. Gun proponents can only shake their heads and laugh somewhat when cities and states with some of the most stringent gun control laws also have some of the most notoriously terrible records when it comes to crimes committed with guns and gun-related homicides. One of the most heinous mass shootings in American history- Newtown, Connecticut- occurred in a state with some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country. When Washington had a handgun ban, they were the murder capital of the US. Today, that honor may belong to Chicago, another city with stringent gun control.

 

The Brady Campaign against gun violence is perhaps the nation’s foremost recognized gun control organization.

 

[in Part 3, I hope to articulate some practical ideas that would hopefully be constitutional and actually address the issue of gun violence in America.]