tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511955047151145854.post6755391610806162681..comments2024-02-07T00:13:08.642-08:00Comments on Not One More Gun Law: Popular Solutions for Gun-Crimes?Charlie Foxtrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15585447523050711767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511955047151145854.post-9517737567119288532014-09-16T13:42:01.947-07:002014-09-16T13:42:01.947-07:00I believe Jeff Snyder put it best:
"Society d...I believe Jeff Snyder put it best:<br /><i>"Society does not control crime, ever, by forcing the law-abiding to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of criminals. Society controls crime by forcing the criminals to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of the law-abiding."</i><br /><br />More laws is a terrible idea. Laws, by definition, only serve to restrict the behavior of the law-abiding. The criminal class, again by definition, doesn't obey current laws, so why should they be expected to obey new ones? If the laws won't control the existing criminal class, how does it make sense to make new laws that criminalize the law-abiding, creating a new class of criminal?<br /><br />I think there's an <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/34865-there-s-no-way-to-rule-innocent-men-the-only-power" rel="nofollow">Ayn Rand pull-quote on that somewhere</a>....Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378629103793458871noreply@blogger.com