Laissez-faire enforcement of the Second Amendment is a deadly mistake
The idea that guns are untouchable because of the Second Amendment follows an aged dogmatism that makes no sense in 2018. While mental health issues and toxic masculinity are probable and well-founded causes of gun violence, it does not absolve guns from blame. Yes people kill people, but guns make it easy.
If a violent person was armed with a knife instead of a gun, it would be impossible to kill masses of people in a matter of minutes. Can you direct me to any instances of a mass knifing?
Just because something is made with good intentions, like the Second Amendment, does not mean we can excuse everything bad that happens as a result of it. We have more regulations on our right to speak than our rights to carry a gun. If I yell “BOMB” in an airport, I would be arrested because my words could cause a threat to public safety. But a domestic abuser can waltz into a Walmart and buy a gun.
If we can regulate an amendment as vital as the First Amendment, regulating the right to bear arms should be a no-brainer. Yet after a mass shooting taking the lives of 12 people in our community, support for guns has not wavered.
Ventura County Fair Board approved the Crossroads Gun Show for Dec. 15-16, along with several other dates throughout 2019. Unlike gun shops, gun shows are not subject to the California’s restriction on purchasing more than one handgun per month or the design safety standards for handguns. This grants the opportunity for dangerous people to obtain guns.
Gun shows are notorious for loosely enforcing regulations and it is simply just not worth the risk. In a community where the effects of a mass shooting still feel like an open wound, the Ventura County Fair Board is rubbing in salt.
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