#BansFail

Why prohibition strategies fail, particularly with firearms.

Even with powerful magic, gun bans can never succeed in reducing crime or violence and are all doomed to fail in achieving these claimed outcomes:

https://rumble.com/v55xrud-why-all-gun-bans-fail-bansfail.html

The video above demonstrates the differences between the vilified AR-15 and other self-loading rifles that aren’t facing legislative scrutiny, self-loaders versus manual repeaters, high-capacity magazines, detachable versus non-detachable magazines, and air guns and archery.

While differences exist, they are surprisingly small.

The diminishing return “turning point” with firearms was the advent of self-contained metallic cartridges coupled with reliable breechloading mechanisms; that is, most firearms made since the early-to-mid 19th century.

Consider these differences in shot-to-shot speed:

• AR-15 vs. other self-loading rifles: None

• Self-loading firearms vs. manual repeaters: Minimal to less than one second. The video above shows shooters with manual repeaters winning against self-loaders and with manual repeaters firing 3-4 shots per second.

• Magazine capacity: Less than three seconds. Shooting 30 rounds from three 10-round magazines adds less than six seconds to the elapsed time compared to a single 30-round mag. The video above shows a shooter adding only three total seconds to their elapsed time even after multiple extra reloads.

• Speed loaders, clips, and chargers can be as fast as detachable magazines.

• Skilled manipulation (e.g., quad loading) can be almost as fast as detachable magazines.

• Firearms without magazines (e.g., double barrel shotguns) can maintain fast sustained fire speeds by skilled shooters.

• Air guns and archery can be fast and effective.

Even if legislation offered a “magic wand” that could make even the knowledge of these technologies disappear, it would have no effect because alternatives can be just as effective.