- Reaction score
- 4,166
- Points
- 1,120
31 school shootings....with 20,000+ laws already on the books....in various levels of government, local, municipal, state/provincial, national/federal....and not one of those laws has the ability to STOP someone from going nuts and shooting a bunch of other people.
Trying to legislate control of an individual's moral compass is impossible.
No law will prevent it.
The laws that have been produced in the aftermath of these tragedies have been aimed not at attempting to impact the moral compass of the people who commit the crimes, which, we all know is impossible anyhow, instead, the laws are aimed at the people who already follow the laws...and further restrict our use of our legally owned firearms. And therefore, when the next tragedy happens, people point at the laws they've made, and say they must make them stronger, because somehow, that must be the solution.
When in fact, the laws, and those who follow them, are not the solution at all.
And yet, they try.
And because they do not address the REAL cause, they will fail. And those of us who can look at it without the emotional imperative to *DO SOMETHING* getting in the way, can realize that.
So, we who can foretell the failure of more laws, are in a state of knowing sorrow that we will, again, be blamed when (not if, but when) the next one of these happens, and that the next knee-jerk reactionary laws will....again....fail to halt this.
And so, the circle with draw tighter, ever more and more restrictive, to ever less and less result, and the individuals responsible will never be held accountable, but those of us who abide within the laws are given the blame.
NS
Trying to legislate control of an individual's moral compass is impossible.
No law will prevent it.
The laws that have been produced in the aftermath of these tragedies have been aimed not at attempting to impact the moral compass of the people who commit the crimes, which, we all know is impossible anyhow, instead, the laws are aimed at the people who already follow the laws...and further restrict our use of our legally owned firearms. And therefore, when the next tragedy happens, people point at the laws they've made, and say they must make them stronger, because somehow, that must be the solution.
When in fact, the laws, and those who follow them, are not the solution at all.
And yet, they try.
And because they do not address the REAL cause, they will fail. And those of us who can look at it without the emotional imperative to *DO SOMETHING* getting in the way, can realize that.
So, we who can foretell the failure of more laws, are in a state of knowing sorrow that we will, again, be blamed when (not if, but when) the next one of these happens, and that the next knee-jerk reactionary laws will....again....fail to halt this.
And so, the circle with draw tighter, ever more and more restrictive, to ever less and less result, and the individuals responsible will never be held accountable, but those of us who abide within the laws are given the blame.
NS