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[NEWS] South Carolina is attempting to ban Bump-Stocks
Tactical Nuke:
haha yes we're so stubborn in our view that banning $700 doodads will just push people to make 50 cent functioning versions that can't be regulated
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on December 19, 2017, 07:56:57 PM ---I mean you are simply delusional if you think banning bump stocks will stop casualties from shooters since they can just make a bump stock themselves easily.
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I don't think it would make a particularly large dent, but any marginal benefit you get from regulating them will come at the cost of absolutely nothing to legal gun owners. My original thought was that these things were dumb and useless enough that gun enthusiasts wouldn't feel the need to reflexively defend them at all costs. I was wrong.
Keep in mind that laws can still be effective even if there are loopholes. Prohibition did drop alcohol consumption, and gun registration laws do curb ownership levels, even though we live in a world where you can literally 3D print a single-fire pistol.
I'm not particularly gung-ho when it comes to addressing gun violence through regulation. I think that the root problem here has more to do with poverty and mental illness, which could be better addressed by social programs and expanding healthcare. But the bump stock thing seems like a solved issue - they serve no practical purpose for anyone besides someone looking to fire rapidly into a crowd of people.
McZealot:
I mean, it's also not particularly difficult for people to cook meth... that doesn't mean it should be legal because "we can't completely stop it".
Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on December 19, 2017, 08:00:17 PM ---they serve no practical purpose for anyone besides someone looking to fire rapidly into a crowd of people.
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and a scope serves no practical purpose for anyone besides someone looking to stalk thots and then kill them
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on December 19, 2017, 08:05:33 PM ---and a scope serves no practical purpose for anyone besides someone looking to stalk thots and then kill them
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Or just shooting an animal that's far away? I think there are plenty of good uses for scopes outside of crime.
For what it's worth, you make a good point that there are loopholes that will make it so that a dedicated terrorist wouldn't be impacted by this law. But I think that there are plenty of idiot street criminals who have no experience with shop-tools who would be rendered slightly less lethal by a sweeping ban on bump stocks.
Is that not worthwhile considering the fact that this kind of law won't hurt legal gun owners in any meaningful way?