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flamin lib

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3. Laws have unintended consequences. In fact I think there's an aphorism for that;
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:23 PM
Dec 2016

'the law of unintended consequences'.

A few years back it was reported that about 2 million guns were stolen annually and fed the illegal black market. Then states began to make it legal to keep a gun in your car when parked in public. I think the number of stolen guns last year was 6 million, the increase from car thefts.

I've seen statistics that indicate states with Stand Your Ground laws see an increase in homicides of 10-15% in the year following passage. Not murder you understand, but "justifiable" homicides.

I wonder what unintended consequences the Ohio law will provide for us. Perhaps like a Levi Strauss outlet a law abiding citizen will 'accidentally' discharge their weapon in a childcare center.


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