{"id":93213,"date":"2023-05-27T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93213"},"modified":"2023-05-27T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:01:16","slug":"93213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93213","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple answer isn\u2019t workable<\/a><\/p>\n

The conclusion of the May 23 letter \u201cGun solution is pretty simple\u201d is simple, yes, but impossible.<\/p>\n

The idea of getting rid of something to solve a problem is just too easy and oversimplified. We simply get rid of guns, and we will not have a gun problem. We simply get rid of drugs, and we will not have drug problems. We simply get rid of criminals, and we will not have crime problems. It is not the idea that is important. It is the implementation that is important.<\/p>\n

How do we get rid of guns in the hands of civilians? There are a few obstacles. First, there is the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Getting rid of guns would violate the Second Amendment. Second, who is to carry out the policy? The government could send out armed agents and takes the guns by force. However, how would we handle the gun owners who agree with Charlton Heston, who said the government could take his gun \u201cfrom my cold, dead hands\u201d?<\/p>\n

Lastly, criminals are civilians too; they are certainly not going to get rid of their guns willingly.<\/p>\n

There are more guns than people in the United States. It is impossible get rid of guns.<\/p>\n

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You can’t<\/strong> make this up.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gun solution is pretty simple<\/a><\/p>\n

It is not rocket science: The sooner we get rid of guns in the hands of civilians, the sooner we get rid of mass shootings and suicide by gun. If you don\u2019t have a gun, you cannot shoot anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simple answer isn\u2019t workable The conclusion of the May 23 letter \u201cGun solution is pretty simple\u201d is simple, yes, but impossible. The idea of getting rid of something to solve a problem is just too easy and oversimplified. We simply get rid of guns, and we will not have a gun problem. We simply get … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","category-you-cant-make-this-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93214,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93213\/revisions\/93214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}