Reply #274: Disagree

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Why do you think every credit card company in America is based in Delaware? Because Delaware has taken steps to make themselves a haven for those kinds of businesses. And environmental laws are likewise limited in their efficacy by the actions of states who elect to place business interests ahead of the environment. The vast, toxic slurry lakes produced by West Virginia's coal mining industry impact the environment well beyond West Virginia's borders. Toxic emissions pollute air that staunchly refuses to remain hovering over just one state. Yet it's still worth trying to pass environemtal protection laws, even though less scrupulous states can diminish their impact. The same applies to DC's gun control laws. How effective they were or might have been is impossible to know because of the number of variables in the equation, but it was nevertheless a courageous attempt by the people to do something to address public safety hazards posed by too many people having too many guns.