Yep. It sounds like a weird hypothetical by a pro-gun activist, and it would be ineffective, but the dude seems utterly sincere.
Banning a useful but abuse-prone technology is always going to create both inconvenience for legitimate users and some level of prevention. What the right balance is is a tough, complex question and probably very dependent on when and where you ask it, that unfortunately often gets boiled down “but the children” or “but freedom”.
we must ban scissors they’re too dangerous.
Fun fact, there was actually a UK judge that seriously called for points to be taken off of all kitchen knives to prevent stabbings.
I feel like thst would just change stabbing to slashings
Yep. It sounds like a weird hypothetical by a pro-gun activist, and it would be ineffective, but the dude seems utterly sincere.
Banning a useful but abuse-prone technology is always going to create both inconvenience for legitimate users and some level of prevention. What the right balance is is a tough, complex question and probably very dependent on when and where you ask it, that unfortunately often gets boiled down “but the children” or “but freedom”.