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In reply to the discussion: Towards a Sane National Gun Policy [View all]"Drug laws also illustrate the concept - very few people are in jail due to federal drug laws."
Because the feds don't bother. NOT because they couldn't be put there if the feds decided they DID want to bother.
The mere fact that the quantity you cited was "very few" and not "zero" proves that if you stopped to think about it.
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Address ROOT CAUSES of violence, otherwise stuff just morphs into something else.
patrice
Dec 2012
#2
Agreed, e.g. trying to treat someone who is over-eating in an environment that not only
patrice
Dec 2012
#18
You are correct. I'm surprised you don't see that in what I'm suggesting. "Ready availability" of
patrice
Dec 2012
#8
You see that hard sharp drop to ZERO right at the exact time they passed gun control?
gcomeau
Dec 2012
#21
Point 5 is completely unconstitutional. You know, that thing about unlawful searches and seizures.
Daniel537
Dec 2012
#15