Res_Gestae

Health care in this Country is a scam

Any other profession would kill for the market structure that doctors and service providers have created for themselves. Yet when doctors do it we just assume they are "good guys" and don't question their marketing practices.

Imagine buying a TV or car the way that doctors give services. You only get the bill after you get the TV delivered. That is completely unconscionable.

Personally I think the real solution lies in addressing violence in general, regardless of the instrumentality. Guns used in violence are an expression of a deeper problem.

All of los angeles city, for example, has the exact same gun laws. However, some neighborhoods have exactly zero issues with gun violence while athens park or chesterfield square have problems weekly. If the pro gun and anti gun groups would start focusing on violence/gang intervention, the failed drug war, and domestic violence counseling they could make further reductions to violence without even talking about guns.

The only reason this fight takes place over guns and not the deeper issue is that restricting guns is the "easy" solution. It requires no real organizing effort and no expenditure to pass. You just write a law, then make people get rid of whatever offending instrument they own. However there isn't really any convincing evidence that any of it actually works, and there is plenty that other things work even better. Banning leaded gasoline, for example, appears to have been more effective than any single criminal justice policy or gun restriction ever passed. Also, when crime rates drop, no one ever cites gun control as a major contributing factor. They cite things like reduced gang activity, police response times, or reduced drug activity.

Edit: To further elaborate on issues.

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It could, and generally I support the idea, but I still think it would be of minimal import. The proportion of accidents every year from guns is relatively small and criminals with stolen guns are just as likely to ignore the training requirement as they are background checks.

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