> You need to understand guns intimately if you want [the government] to regulate them.
> This kind of thinking is common sense when it comes to making laws about anything else*
That is absolute fucking nonsense. I support regulation of aircraft, and I have no idea how to fly or build a plane. I support regulation of dangerous drugs, and I've never taken them and don't know how they work. I support regulation of nuclear weapons, and I've certainly never had anything to do with those.
As voters, we agree that there are too many gun deaths. We have voted for representatives who are supposed to deeply study the issue, understand things that voters can't/don't, and make informed policy changes.
Looking just at recent history, this process has not occurred.
(Yeah, I suppose it's about "gun tech" also. But in the current, borderline insane political environment... the political aspects of the posting are way more dominant).
> This kind of thinking is common sense when it comes to making laws about anything else*
That is absolute fucking nonsense. I support regulation of aircraft, and I have no idea how to fly or build a plane. I support regulation of dangerous drugs, and I've never taken them and don't know how they work. I support regulation of nuclear weapons, and I've certainly never had anything to do with those.
As voters, we agree that there are too many gun deaths. We have voted for representatives who are supposed to deeply study the issue, understand things that voters can't/don't, and make informed policy changes.
Looking just at recent history, this process has not occurred.