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Absolutist politics in a moderate package: prohibitionist intentions of the gun control movement
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The gun control debate is carried out at two levels: (1) the overt debate over whatever moderate regulatory control is currently being considered, and (2) the subterranean or background debate over prohibition measures that are not even under formal consideration as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
The gun control debate is carried out at two levels: (1) the overt debate over whatever moderate regulatory control is currently being considered, and (2) the subterranean or background debate over prohibition measures that are not even under formal consideration. To stop the overt debate from being distorted by the subterranean debate, prominent gun control organizations claiming to support only moderate "commonsense" measures will have to formally, and convincingly, commit themselves to permanent opposition to any future "control" measures that would disarm most of the American population.read more
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Mass Shootings in Schools: The Worst Possible Case for Gun Control
TL;DR: A review of the details of both Columbine and other contemporary school shootings indicates that the specific gun control measures proposed in their aftermath were largely irrelevant and almost certainly could not have prevented the incidents or reduced their death tolls as discussed by the authors.
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