BBCNEWS The Context June 4, 2024 19:38:00
Even the old gun laws needed to follow the gun laws of the 1700s and 18005. follow the gun laws of the 1700s and 1800s. so for example, theyjust threw out something on domestic violence, and the reason why was because domestic violence wasn't even illegal in the 1700s, so they made it so if you had a restraining order, you can still get a gun now because that law didn't exist. so i really want people to understand the difficulty now is that even if we pass laws, let's say we will get rid of ak—47s or whatever it might be — the court will take that back, it'll say that you can't do that. so...