Nevada It is time to treat gun sales with the gravity they deserve [Editorial]

[Joe Link]

A can of spray paint. A gun.

Which is easier to buy in Southern Nevada?

That's a little bit of a trick question, but the answer can be a gun.

It depends on who's selling it. A year after Nevada voters approved a ballot measure that would have made background checks a requirement on all gun purchases in the state, the initiative still hasn't been implemented due to a technical issue.

As a consequence, sales between private individuals via the internet, at gun shows and in other one-on-one situations can go through without a check. In other words, if you buy a gun from anyone but a licensed gun dealer, it can be as easy as paying with one hand and accepting the gun with the other. No ID needed, no background check, just cash and carry.

Spray paint, meanwhile, must be kept under lock and key in Clark County due to a county ordinance targeting graffiti. Same for permanent markers with wide tips.

This is patently illogical, of course. Graffiti is a nuisance for the most part and at worst can be used by gang members to antagonize each other, while gun violence has resulted in at least 70 deaths in Las Vegas since Oct. 1. Which is the bigger problem?

But as with so many other situations in our gun-glutted nation, logic flies out the window when it comes to gun control.

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[MadDuner]

Does anybody really believe that criminal cares about laws?
Do drug addicts care about drug laws?
Do drunk drivers care about DUI laws?

A criminal that's plotting a mass murder is going to find a way to either get his gun(s) - or he's going to rent a truck, or he's going to build a bomb, or he's going to use a knife, or an airplane. These guys aren't planning on living through the experience! How would any law dissuade them in the slightest? Pretending that making life more complicated for law abiding citizens is going to have any affect on criminals is like cutting off your dick because your neighbor has too many kids. Dumb. Just dumb knee jerk reactions.

We're having a volcanic eruption!
Hurry, somebody do SOMETHING.
Let's sacrifice a virgin or a goat or something.
More dumb knee jerk reactions without any possible hope of changing anything other than creating yet more victims of yet another sacrifice just because somebody thought they needed to do something.