Reply #95: "True liberalism is NOT about "controlling the little people," "

[Howzit]

I agree with you 100%, but would add that any politician that sees the common folk as not to be trusted with guns are themselves not trustworthy - I make no distinction between Republicans or Democrats in this regard.

I disagree that the push for new gun control laws is actually intended to suppress crime. The handgun ban in DC was not intended to stop crooks from hurting the law abiding, but rather to reduce the risk that otherwise law abiding gun owners might flip and take out their ire on nearby lawmakers. People further away would have to travel to DC to do the same thing and that would take more premeditation than would be sustained by spur of the moment anger.

Criminals preying on those that are disarmed by DC's laws live in an under-culture where they already act with disregard to law and probably don't follow or care about the political process. As such, politicians don't fear those human predators that disregard gun laws, but use the continued disregard of these laws to justify further restriction and more control of the "little people".

That said, the gun owners I know are not impulsive people and are a threat only in the minds of politicians that want a federal ban on handguns, concealed carry and "assault weapons".