That first graphic reminds me of sci fi author David Brin’s concept of a “militia rifle”.
(He published this a long time ago and I’m unclear if he still supports the idea)
Basically he argues:
Mass shootings are a problem
Resisting government tyranny is important
(He claims) historically a group of people with lower capacity rifles can hold their own against people bearing high capacity automatics, because in many-vs-many battles the individual guns’ bullet output matters less (more about which group controls which points on the battlefield permitting covering of other points)
So a mass shooter is a 1-vs-many scenario (shooter vs crowd)
Resisting government tyranny is probably gonna be a many-vs-many scenario (militia vs army)
Therefore it’s legit for people to own firearms that are low capacity, high hassle
Seems to me the California laws approach this design equilibrium.
Resisting government tyranny
this can be anything, because people aren’t going to form up militias to fight the government. literal founding fathers fan fiction material
That first graphic reminds me of sci fi author David Brin’s concept of a “militia rifle”.
(He published this a long time ago and I’m unclear if he still supports the idea)
Basically he argues:
Seems to me the California laws approach this design equilibrium.