Thursday, April 19, 2007

Poorly Constructed Logic

While I have no strong feelings on the second Amendment (I support sensible gun control regulations in the same way I support sensible prescription drug regulations, both help make society a better place and impove the quality of life without unduely restricting freedoms, when they are done correctly), the torrent of calls for more gun control is illogical. More exactly, it's based on creating a universal rule based on the reasoning derived from a single (or handful of) example(s). This is very poor reasoning.

Salon resurrects the idea of prohibition, but that almost never works except to make the mob wealthy.

Yes it's a tragedy. Thats not a reason to change everything.

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