- 18 Mar 2019 19:02
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The solution to 1984 is 1973!
I think one response to the shock of terrorist outrages when they happen is to call for fewer people to possess a means of self defence presumably under the assumption that fewer weapons will mean fewer violent outrages. However those intent on committing acts of violence do not generally have much inclination to obey legal requirements while those they target, as law abiding people, generally do, so weapon controls actually adversely affect the law abiding to the relative advantage of the law defying. Moreover if ever there was a legitimate use of a weapon it would be in self-defence and it is exactly under circumstances of violent crime and terrorism that a means of self-defence has utility.
The solution to 1984 is 1973!