• Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago
    • A law was written
    • The law was broken
    • The cops tried to enforce the law

    The dude already broke several firearms laws, in addition to other violent crimes. This is the system working deal with violations - so what was the point of the original comment mentioning licensing?

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      6 months ago

      Licensing reduces the number of guns in circulation and ensures that their owners are more responsible than the average unlicensed owner, making their guns less likely to end up on the black market.