Not clear on the concept...
Jan. 15th, 2011 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrI'm sure their hearts are in the right place but the local Unitarians are reacting to the Tuscon shootings by trying to get a "gun free zone"set up. They are passing out signs to businesses and the like.
But they don't seem to grasp the idea that someone like Loughner would have just ignore any "gun free zone"if there'd been one there in Tuscon.
I'm not gonna get into a "gins are inherently bad"/"the people misusing them are the problem"argument.
But wherever you stand on the issues please try to keep in mind that only law abiding people will pay attention to any such "zone".
It's the worst sort of "magical thinking". "If we forbid this, it won't happen."
Sorry, the world doesn't work that way.
But they don't seem to grasp the idea that someone like Loughner would have just ignore any "gun free zone"if there'd been one there in Tuscon.
I'm not gonna get into a "gins are inherently bad"/"the people misusing them are the problem"argument.
But wherever you stand on the issues please try to keep in mind that only law abiding people will pay attention to any such "zone".
It's the worst sort of "magical thinking". "If we forbid this, it won't happen."
Sorry, the world doesn't work that way.
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Date: 2011-01-16 04:33 am (UTC)