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In reply to the discussion: Guess what, liberals? We will NEVER know enough about guns to be "qualified" to write gun laws! [View all]caraher
(6,278 posts)than truly ignorant solutions proposed by gun control advocates.
Sure, expertise is very important, and I personally have no endorsed any particular solution. (Interesting that so many who have weighed in presume from my statement that I and others who agree will tend to blindly endorse proposals that have not been vetted by firearms experts. Who said that?)
It's no different from, say, tax law. I am no expert on tax codes and am not qualified to draft tax legislation. But my views on what a fair tax system looks like are not even remotely invalidated by this lack of expertise. Those who do have expertise need to craft proposals responsive to the rights and desires of the citizenry, rather than use their secret knowledge as a rhetorical bludgeon to dismiss their legitimate needs and concerns.