{"id":11139,"date":"2015-01-11T11:45:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11139"},"modified":"2015-01-11T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:45:27","slug":"protect-us-against-our-own-stupidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11139","title":{"rendered":"Protect us against our own stupidity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last August I was invited to speak at a history class at NYU<\/a>.\u00a0 I didn’t want to go and suggested some alternatives to the professor.\u00a0 Scott Bach<\/a> took him up on the offer and debated New Yorkers Against Gun Violence<\/a> mouthpiece Leah Gunn-Barrett<\/a> last month.\u00a0 She made her position very clear<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… “\u201cYou can be perfectly law-abiding one moment,\u201d said Ms. Gunn-Barrett during the debate, \u201cand then the next moment you can be a criminal and do something criminal and wrong, like shoot up a movie theater, or kill your spouse during an argument.\u201d Regulation of people and behavior is needed, she said, \u201cto protect us against our own stupidity and our own irrationality.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n