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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3703183" data-attributes="member: 44328">Oh, you&#039;re absolutely right.&nbsp; But that&#039;s part of the plan.&nbsp; Do they really think making it harder to own a gun will make it harder for criminals to own a gun?&nbsp; Some might, but at the heart of it, it won&#039;t and I suspect the lawmakers know that.&nbsp; But when they run for re-election they can says, &quot;Here&#039;s what we did to fight crime.&quot;&nbsp; They&#039;re not actually fighting crime, because what they are doing only affect people who obey laws, but it&#039;s much easier than actually preventing criminal behavior.&nbsp; By definition, criminals don&#039;t obey laws.So I&#039;m talking about an ultimate goal of doing something ineffective, so they can claim to voters they&#039;re doing something that will be effective.&nbsp; You&#039;re talking about a method of accomplishing that.&nbsp; I think we&#039;re both right.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3703183, member: 44328"] Oh, you're absolutely right. But that's part of the plan. Do they really think making it harder to own a gun will make it harder for criminals to own a gun? Some might, but at the heart of it, it won't and I suspect the lawmakers know that. But when they run for re-election they can says, "Here's what we did to fight crime." They're not actually fighting crime, because what they are doing only affect people who obey laws, but it's much easier than actually preventing criminal behavior. By definition, criminals don't obey laws. So I'm talking about an ultimate goal of doing something ineffective, so they can claim to voters they're doing something that will be effective. You're talking about a method of accomplishing that. I think we're both right. [/QUOTE]

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