John: Interestingly, Switzerland ranks much higher in gun homicides per 100,000 inhabitants than any of its culturally proximate neighbors. (Its rate is at least three times that of Germany, for instance, and it ranks higher than Italy, which has significantly more social turmoil.)
Since the Second Amendment is not going anywhere in the foreseeable future, I would at least like to see a federal semi-automatic weapon ban, especially when the data is so clear about the frequency with which these weapons are used in mass-shootings, and what common sense tells us about how much damage they inflict.
Right-wing utopias involving God-fearing Republican Rambos discreetly peppered throughout the nation leave me cold—I don't want them near my children, frankly, plus the game theorist in me suspects strongly that the more Rambos there are out there, the higher the potential for other forms of violence.
Left-wing historicist apologies for the Second Amendment leave me baffled.
I'm with Alfred.
Pedro.
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