So... if anything, this is the exact situation stricter gun laws wouldn't really prevent. Which would be the targeted assassination of a societal figure by a determined ideologue or partisan or mole.

In which case you'd need a strong internal investigatory services in order to root these plots out before they happen by following up on leads and tips.

Well... not to get political, but I think we're hollowing that out too?

>strong internal investigatory services in order to root these plots out before they happen

Who will necessarily be so strong they'll be capable of pulling such things off to serve their own ends.

It's an intractable problem all the way down.

> So... if anything, this is the exact situation stricter gun laws wouldn't really prevent. Which would be the targeted assassination of a societal figure by a determined ideologue or partisan or mole.

My point isn't that outlawing guns would stop every possible scenario. Rather it would make killings of all kinds far less likely, which is a win for everyone--even hate-spewing pundits.

Well, you wouldn't be able to reproduce such a long-range kill with a shabbily constructed firearm. You would have to be up close, which would be harder to do.

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