Interesting article on gun control on huffpo

[BoxesOfLiberty]

New Yorker staff writer Dan Baum writes:

After Tucson: Stricter Gun Laws Aren't the Answer

It's tempting, after a hideous event like the shooting in Tucson, to want to "do something" about gun violence. But let's pause to consider what that something could be, and what price we might pay for doing it.

Much has been made of Arizona's notoriously lax gun laws. But Arizona law was irrelevant to Jared Loughner's purchasing the gun. The background check is federal, and he passed it. Yes, his carrying concealed to the Safeway, without a permit, was legal under Arizona's new law, but if it hadn't been, would he have been dissuaded? He headed off to commit murder; he was already far over the line where a concealed-carry law would have made any difference to him...

Read the rest at Huffington Post

Interesting article. After reading Baum's analysis, one might reasonably ask why progressives would want gun control at all.

[Freebird]

Didn't have the stamina to read the whole article, but from what you posted he seems to have put together a good argument.

[Wherryj]

New Yorker staff writer Dan Baum writes:



Read the rest at Huffington Post

Interesting article. After reading Baum's analysis, one might reasonably ask why progressives would want gun control at all.

"It's a hard thing to accept, but in a country of 350 million privately owned guns, the people who are inclined to do bad things with guns will always be able to get them. One might as well combat air crashes by repealing gravity. "

This line sounds about right to me.

[IrishPirate]

it's an emotional argument....logic doesn't come into play. Well written article though! lots of very good points.

[Python2]

I cant belive this article is coming from HuffPost.

[DavidRSA]

For an even more interesting article by the same author, download "Happiness is a Worn Gun" from Dan Baum's website:

http://danbaum.com/Nine_Lives/Articles.html

He comes from a liberal background and had a CCW. Its a good read to understand the mindset of someone who is not a conservative but believes in the RKBA. Read it - it is quite the eye opener. Well worth it.

[PEBKAC]

An excellent article, that man clearly knows the score is.

And the below quote pretty much sums up why:

Gun control not only does no practical good, it actively causes harm. It may be hard to show that it saves lives, but it's easy to demonstrate that we've sacrificed a generation of progress on things like health care, women's rights, immigration reform, income fairness, and climate change because we keep messing with people's guns.

Disagree with the left on some of those issues (or at least in how to deal with them) though many of us may, it is a point that the left must be convinced of for us to win the war.

[Havoc70]

Great article, and a new sig line to boot!

[Don29palms]

Wow! A liberal Democrat that is sane.

[Neuvik]

Huffpo with a pro 2A article!? Very cool, we're wining.

[Milsurps]

Wow! A liberal Democrat that is sane.

Naw, can't be.











Good article.

[Dr Rockso]

Saved in my "good articles" folder...I find that the arguments he uses are the ones that cultural/political opponents (i.e. people who don't intrinsically 'hate guns', but just like taking part in the red state/blue state culture wars) are most receptive to.

[MudCamper]

Wow. Show this article to all the antis you know. The fact that it's coming from the Huffington Post will give it great traction.

[pgg]

I cant belive this article is coming from HuffPost.

And the comments ... my god, they're ... they're ... not mouthfoaming anti propaganda whine!

The world is twisting around me. I don't know which way is up any more.

[DavidRSA]

Wow! A liberal Democrat that is sane.

What is interesting about all this is that there are a great deal of us. Dan Baum's views I find myself very much in synch with, as do a lot of other gun folks I know. We just tend to be less loud about it since the reception amongst some gun folks can be downright hostile.

Plus, in the black-and-white views of hyperpartisan politics, there is little room for nuance. The realization that there are non-conservative pro-RKBA folks like Dan Baum and me is a good thing, in that it challenges the black-and-white wordview and I am pleased you are all seeing these thoughts.