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[–]radiantthought 17 points18 points


The reason that happens is because people are afraid of losing their rights. Rights aren't generally taken all at once, but slowly eroded over time, every step seems reasonable, until one day you realize what it adds up to. Look over the past 20 years and the erosion of personal privacy in the country for a decent example. Rights are easy to take away slowly, but very hard to get back.

I'm not one of those people who's going crazy yelling from the rooftops over this and saying I'm going to secede or "let them try to take my guns" or whatever Those people are overreacting, in the same way anti-gun people are overreacting, it's an emotional response that's been blown out of proportion. My biggest issue is that the proposals I've heard all don't have any proof that they'll be effective, and most of them rely on some logical fallacy or misunderstanding about guns. I think that background checks for all weapons is a fine proposal, strengthening the amount of information seen in those checks is good too. Having armed resource officers in schools is also a fine precaution, as is training first responders to deal with an active shooter situation. The other things proposed, 'assault weapon' bans, magazine capacity limits, these are ineffective measures that do nothing but inconvenience legal gun owners. These things are not unlike the TSA, for a relevant example, they do nothing to increase safety, they only increase inconvenience and the appearance of safety. It's simply a different type of security theater.