Are we doing ourselves any favors repeating this 90% number?

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56. Of course murders, the suicides, the accidental shootings

are not negligible to those who experience them. Neither are are assaults that require a gun for self defense. But what I actually wrote was:

Since only a tiny fraction of the firearms in existence are used improperly a universal background check requirement will have a negligible impact on the further reduction of their improper use. The negative impact on the private lives of people who otherwise would do no harm far outweighs whatever benefit it might deliver in the reduction of crime with firearms. Furthermore, the political liabilities of such a requirement may well result in much greater damage because of the damage to much more important and effective aspects of the Democratic agenda that will be impeded because of support for this law.


Actually, the basic purpose of government is the equitable distribution of resources. While protecting the citizens is important, I hope you don't think the defense budget is appropriate since our "national defense insfrastructure" is primarialy devoted to the defense of corporate profit. If you think the government is tasked to defend individual citizens from assault, the laws of physics will disagree with you since cops can't jump through a rip in the fabric of time.