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POSTED 02-21-18
Gun Laws: What are the Facts ?
Deadly assault weapons were once banned from the United States when a federal law banned such weapons in the year 1994. However, the 1994 law came with a “sunset provision” meaning the law expired after a certain amount of time - which was 10 years - unless further action is taken to extend the law. But extending the ban past ten years did not occur. A new law would have to be re-enacted to ban assault weapons again on the national level.
The ten-year ban did, however, give some idea what it can be like without assault weapons in the environment - that is – with laws preventing a person from manufacturing, transferring, or possessing an automatic or semi-automatic assault weapon.
Below are the data showing what happened before the 1994-2004 ban, the time during this ten-year ban, and the time after:
Gun Massacres (involving 6 or more deaths) Before, During, and After
a Federal Ban on Assault Weapons
(Source: Louis Klarevas via The Washington Post)
It is plain to see that compared to a previous ten-year period, the banning of assault weapons caused a decline in deaths from gun massacres by 43%. But after the ban ended in 2004, the number of deaths increased to 239%. These are the facts based on a collection of data – and the facts don’t lie. Any society troubled by gun problems would do well to make reference to the above. If there is any doubt about how to construct a law – try the facts.
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POSTED
11-18-15
Law and Health
Law-and-health go hand-in-hand in such a way that one’s understanding of the law may actually depend on one’s health. It is known that a healthy individual will score higher on a comprehensive exam than an unhealthy individual. This has shown true for subjects such as math and science, economics, and language – but also true for law.
It could be formulated that the amount of law one can understand is
proportional to their health.
A healthy well-adjusted individual can think openly and
logically, make inferences and deductions correctly, and not become
deterred by minor faults or discrepancies.
A person plagued by mental disability, however, won’t always
make the right associations, deduce the facts incorrectly, and
become deterred by minor discrepancies that don’t really matter.
It
is easily expressed that a healthy society is a lawful society.
A Shield of
Protection
Ever since biblical times law has been regarded the crux of
civilization. Laws were
soon developed into a framework – a set of constitutional or bylaws
– by which a “shield of protection” is placed about its people,
protecting the safety and rights of its citizens.
A framework-of-law shields its people against violators and
wrongdoers, while ensuring their safety and survival.
A society that does not successfully apply the law will weaken its
framework and no longer possess a “shield” to protect its citizens.
It will fall victim to malaise.
The citizens will become fearful and irrational, meet
ill-fate, and die young.
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POSTED 09-22-15