Gun Control & RKBA

MarvinGardens

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3. Thought experiment.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Tue Oct 31, 2017, 10:04 AM

Oct 2017

How long do you think order would be maintained in your city if there were no law enforcement, I.e. if the police stood down? And let's assume for the sake of this experiment that a de facto law enforcement group (militia, etc.) did not form. How many more people would commit crimes in this scenario, versus in the status quo?

To answer the OP, I answered more than 0.1%. I do not think all crimes are stopped by laws, but I do think they serve as a deterrent. Not just the punishment, but the risk of getting caught factors in. Example: Plenty of folks smoke weed in jurisdictions where it's still illegal, but relatively few of those folks would spark up a doob walking down a busy public street.

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Mass shootings, etc. [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2017 OP

Laws don't prevent crime. They exist only to punish after the fact DaleFromWPB Oct 2017 #1

Agreed. Laws only establish repercussion, they don't prevent the act. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2017 #2

I have to agree "The notion that laws prevent crime is ludicrously naive and obscenely ignorant." discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2017 #6

Thought experiment. MarvinGardens Oct 2017 #3

Laws are like the locks on your door. ... spin Oct 2017 #4

The topic here is mass murder using a firearm. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2017 #7

I took your poll question too literally. MarvinGardens Oct 2017 #8

Agreed... Where there's a will, there's a weapon. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2017 #9

Laws might stop the very most stupid, insane or impatient of potential mass shooters The Mouth Oct 2017 #5