Why we need a Federal Assault Weapons Ban Law NOW

Woman left with 13 bullet holes after brother took her dancing at Colorado LGBTQ club

Story by Bevan Hurley, The Independent, Nov. 21, 2022

"Charlene Slaugh, 35, and her brother James Slaugh were preparing to leave Club Q on Saturday night when a gunman opened fire, killing five and wounding 25 others...Charlene was shot at least once in the abdomen and suffered a collapsed lung. She is recovering after undergoing surgery and faces a long recovery."

Two AR-15-style weapons were used in the attack.

Read the full story here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-left-with-13-bullet-holes-after-brother-took-her-dancing-at-colorado-lgbtq-club/ar-AA14naI2?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=61a0688fdfda475cbf6709eeebaf44bf

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RedBaron · M

Laws don’t help. How did Prohibition and marijuana laws work out? People who want guns would just get them on the black market.

MistyCee

@RedBaron And pay more, get less ammunition, or even resort to less lethal weaponry?

I'm not saying you're point's not valid, but knives are less efficient then guns for murder, and it sure seems to me like, if we could, and so many people didn't actually value the lives of others so much more cheaply then their own, we might maybe have a better society by not priroritizing the rights of willing killers over children and and pacifists.

I'm not sure I'm right, and maybe only the strong should survive, but it seems like a conversation worth having.

RedBaron · M

@MistyCee Or simply pay more. People willing to buy anything illegally, be it drugs or weapons, are not price sensitive.

MistyCee

@RedBaron I think you're wrong there. Plenty of people think everone and everying has a price and see the law as an obstacle to be overcome as opposed to a restriction on their autonomy.

Granted, theyre not entirely politically organized and have their own divisions, but my guess is, in the next few months, you might even see Trump make a play for them, givenDeSantis record.

RedBaron · M

@MistyCee I’m not wrong. It’s basic economics. The more difficult a good or service is to obtain given relatively non-elastic demand, the higher the price.

MistyCee

@RedBaron I was referring to people willing to break the law not being price sensitive, but I see your point.