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**11Pecepebra** · 01-10-2012, 08:28 PM

We're essentially on the same page here, but I am compelled to point out that "slippery slope" arguments, in nearly every case, are fallacious. To take just a recent example, the arguments of opponents of euthanasia that claimed it would lead to a rash of medical killings inevitably proved to be bunk.

Let's stop drinking from the NRA cool-aid for a moment and acknowledge that assault weapons/ammo can be regulated without jeopardizing the 2nd Amendment.

My judgment was based on history of regulating literally anything by the government. The reality is that we have people who are paid to write laws. The inevitable consequence of that is that every day there are more laws than the day before. Short of fluctuations in highly some highly contended areas, such as some aspects of the financial realm, fluctuations heavily mediated by bribes (let's call them what they are), the trend has been inevitably for MORE regulation rather than less.

With regards to firearms, we can use nearly any other country or even US states and cities as an example of how going down the path of detailed regulation leads to little more than more regulation. Ultimately, crime trends are largely concomitant across the US, over the last 50 years, moderated by population dynamics and local economics, but really little else.

01-10-2012, 08:28 PM	#40
11Pecepebra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	We're essentially on the same page here, but I am compelled to point out that "slippery slope" arguments, in nearly every case, are fallacious. To take just a recent example, the arguments of opponents of euthanasia that claimed it would lead to a rash of medical killings inevitably proved to be bunk. Let's stop drinking from the NRA cool-aid for a moment and acknowledge that assault weapons/ammo can be regulated without jeopardizing the 2nd Amendment. My judgment was based on history of regulating literally anything by the government. The reality is that we have people who are paid to write laws. The inevitable consequence of that is that every day there are more laws than the day before. Short of fluctuations in highly some highly contended areas, such as some aspects of the financial realm, fluctuations heavily mediated by bribes (let's call them what they are), the trend has been inevitably for MORE regulation rather than less. With regards to firearms, we can use nearly any other country or even US states and cities as an example of how going down the path of detailed regulation leads to little more than more regulation. Ultimately, crime trends are largely concomitant across the US, over the last 50 years, moderated by population dynamics and local economics, but really little else.
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