Gun_Control

Gun Control Gun Control: the Real Issues “Misuse or theft prohibited by law”. This was the warning printed on a milk-carrying container at the local grocery store where I work. The use of the word “prohibited” intrigued me, so when I got home I looked it up in Reader’s Digest’s Great Encyclopedic Dictionary. I found two definitions: “1. To forbid, especially by authority or law; interdict.” and “2. To prevent or hinder.”. (1077) Now, which definition was being used in the warning' Was is possible to forbid misuse or theft by passing a law' Certainly it was. Was is possible to actually prevent misuse or theft by passing a law' Well, not totally. If somebody was a moral, upright, and law abiding citizen he would probably not misuse or take the container. In fact, such a person would probably not have misused or taken it in the first place. On the other hand, if the person in question did not have such a desirable world view, if he, in fact, did not care if it was right or wrong, or if he had malicious intent, then a law would not necessarily prevent him from misusing or taking the carton. He might be dissuaded if he knew he would get caught and would suffer consequences. If, however, he did not think that he would get law, guns, right, gun, register, protect, people, one, less, amendment, schulman, make, good, copperude, usc, time, think, theft, tell, should, shotgun, second, said, real, question, potential, misuse, might, keep, haynes, fact, against, under, truth, thought, constitution, take, suffer, stop, since, short, rape, purpose, punished, prevent, possible, out, now, much, meant