[lbo-talk] Collective idiocy....

[Carrol Cox]

shag:  i don't know if carrol intended it this way, but such restrictions
would likely have the same effect as Wars on (Some) Drugs. Its
implementation would be deeply racist, used as an excuse to arrest and jail
people - particularly in the hands of Republicans who see it as an effective
way to get people thrown in prison and permanently revoke their right to
vote.

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I had no particular content in mind, but shag is certainly correct here.  

WS seems to assume that if one passes a law (e.g., ban on guns in public
spaces) that the result is automatic, without any attempt at enforcement.
Enforcement of _any_ gun ban means that those who violate the ban have to be
discovered and their weapons confiscated. My post raised the question of how
guns now in circulation were to be removed from circulation.

I can imagine a ban being useful even if not enforced, but that is another
question.

Carrol