The Unyielding Cycle of Stricter Gun-Control Laws in the US

Over my dead body.

No. Never. Every time there is a mass shooting, there is some noise about it. The cowardly gun fetishists go insane with their heartfelt prayers and yada yada yada, and about a week later, it is totally forgotten until the next mass shooting. This cycle has been going on forever, and these little men always get their way…

Are Stricter Gun-Control Laws on the Horizon?

The question of whether stricter gun-control laws will be proposed and implemented in the US remains a topic of intense debate. In California, the likelihood of enacting such stricter gun-control laws in the next legislative session is high. However, it is certain that a legal challenge will be filed upon the law's implementation. The courts may or may not issue an injunction against its enforcement while pending judicial review. Given the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Brady Corporation of America, the legal challenges for such laws are likely to be successful in challenging their constitutionality.

Stricter Abortion Laws: A Parallel Example

Do stricter gun-control laws face similar challenges? We can say exactly the same thing about them. Ignorant, misinformed, partisan extremists who know nothing about the thing they are trying to regulate will do everything they can to enact laws restricting a civil right they oppose, harming a class of law-abiding people who they disfavor. These laws will have unintended consequences that will come back to bite the people who passed them.

Let us take a moment to draw a parallel to the implementation of stricter abortion laws. Ignorant and misinformed individuals often advocate for laws that infringe upon the civil rights of law-abiding citizens, who are members of a class of politically disfavored people. These laws, passed with willful ignorance and misinformed misinformation, indeed have had unforeseen consequences that are coming back to bite those who supported them. The same can be said for the push for stricter gun-control laws, where the same willful disregard for the civil rights and welfare of others exists.

Civil Rights and Bodily Autonomy

Whether you like it or not, abortion is an individual civil right. It is an expression of bodily autonomy because you have the right to decide for yourself how best to protect yourself from an unwanted pregnancy. Similarly, regardless of whether you like it or not, gun ownership is also an individual civil right. It is an expression of bodily autonomy because you have the right to decide for yourself how best to protect yourself from unwarranted violence.

The push for stricter gun-control laws is driven by the same willful ignorance, comically wrong misinformation, and blindness to reality as the push for stricter abortion laws. Both are expressions of the same inability to acknowledge facts that contradict their ideology and the same disregard for the civil rights and welfare of others. This is why I am not a member of either party, as both sides rely on the same fallacies and disregard for individual rights.

Conclusion

The future of stricter gun-control laws in the US is fraught with challenges. While the likelihood of such laws being proposed and enacted is high, legal challenges are almost certain, and the courts will likely strike down such laws as unconstitutional. The history of the implementation of stricter abortion laws provides a parallel to this cycle, highlighting the same issues of willful ignorance, misinformation, and disregard for individual rights.

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