Agents found 11 military-style machine guns, 133 handguns, 37 rifles, 60 assault rifles, and 7 shotguns in the man's home, authorities said.
  • California authorities found a man illegally owning 248 guns and 1 million rounds of ammo.
  • The state attorney general said he also had 3,000 magazines and several grenades in his home.
  • The guns included 11 machine guns, 133 handguns, and 60 assault rifles, authorities said.
  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Gun control doesn’t work because criminals don’t pay attention to laws

    Of course they do. They make the same calculation you do when you decide to drive over the speed limit: how likely am I to get caught, how serious will it be if I get caught, do I really need to take this risk, etc. That’s why some criminals only break the speed limit, other criminals only steal things from empty stores, other criminals inflate the value of their real estate holdings to get cheap loans, commit campaign fraud to hide an affair with a porn star, and then attempt to launch a coup to stay in power.

    Let’s look at how similar criminals might make a decision about using a gun as part of their crime in London vs. St. Louis.

    London St. Louis
    How likely am I to be caught Pretty likely, guns are rare. It would be a big risk to trust someone to get me a gun. Guns are common, so pretty unlikely
    How serious will it be if I get caught Very serious, gun crimes are heavily punished The gun won’t make things worse
    Do I really need to take this risk No, the regular cops don’t have guns, the civilians don’t have guns, I don’t need a gun Of course I need a gun. Cops are heavily armed and twitchy, the public is heavily armed and twitchy. I can’t succeed at this crime unless I’m heavily armed
    Is the risk worth it Doing the crime is worth it, doing the crime with a gun is too big of an additional risk. If I’m going to do the crime, I have no choice but to use the biggest gun I can find