Where'd I Hear This Before?
Matthew Yglesias on Point of Sale vs. Point of Use gun control
Matthew Yglesias writes on his Substack:
If all the privately owned firearms somehow vanished from the United States tomorrow, that would do an enormous amount to bring down the murder rate. But that goes against every tradition that we have in this country, and it’s not something that people want. I think it makes Democrats look silly when we start talking like regulating exactly which kind of rifles hobbyists can buy is going to make a difference to a crime problem that is overwhelmingly about small, easily concealed handguns, most of which aren’t even purchased legally. The kind of “gun control” we actually need is to arrest people carrying illegal guns, and to crack down on the people selling them. I think we really need to bend over backwards to reassure law-abiding people that this is not a slippery slope to gun confiscation, and that means not even nibbling around the edges of restricting people’s Second Amendment rights.
Sounds sensible, if I say so myself …
"Sounds sensible, if I say so myself …"
Sounds too sensible, as if Matt was either:
1. Tipsy, or outright drunk when he posted these musings
2. The DC robbery vs his person affected him in a major way that he even he hasn't fully comprehended
3. Slowly but surely, the fact that he has been learning to like rifles and other "Hobbyist" types of guns is making a mark on his psyche.
Also, this kind of noticing on Matt's part is only one step away from actually naming the specific demographic that is overwhelmingly urban, young, and is the primary recipient of purchasing illegal handguns.
Go full on moderate Matt, and name the specific demographic who is most likely to carry and use these illegal handguns. Who are they? What do they look like?
Name them.
I know you've written that you don't care if others steal your ideas or rhetorical flourishes and palm them off as their own, but isn't it galling to have this little toad do it?