Reply #58: I said these laws favor easier killing [View All]

[DirkGently]

in disputes. They do -- it's in the language. The gun lobby says the change was needed to protect the law abiding citizen from being prosecuted. Even though that wasn't a problem.

You're trying to create a zero-sum game where massive injustice reigns either way. But that's exactly what's wrong with the gun control debate. You can't complain about hysterical anti-gun positions on one hand, and then insist that the only argument against sweeping new pro-gun laws must be mass hysteria.

The bottom line is that these laws are poorly planned and worded and were created for lobbying and political purposes, to appeal to the false notion that law abiding citizens are (excuse me) under fire every time they lawfully defend themselves. THAT IS FALSE.