At 02:04 PM 11/27/2006, you wrote:
It seems to me that many assault weapon and handgun bans, and other firearm laws are based on implicit theories of lethality derived from the media rather than actual empirical evidence of lethality and effectiviness of firearms in combat.
As a general rule, I would submit that no firearms laws are based on anything even close to a sensible theory, never mind a theory of lethality. Twisted, irrational theories, allegedly "legal" theories, and "if it looks lethal it's bad for the chillun" - those are about as close as one can get to modern OR EVEN OLD "theories".
***GRJ***
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