* About 1 in 10 adult Americans have psychiatric disorders involving delusions, obsessions, depressions, fears, anxieties, etc. Many more harbor irrational beliefs about racial, national, political and religious groups and about cause-effect relations. Many enjoy cruelty.
* The vast majority of Americans can get their hands on firearms within a few days of trying. Thus, the probability of a massacre in any month is substantial.
* In light of these facts, our society would seem justified in outlawing large clips and magazines, which greatly advantage anyone with an appetite for massacre – regardless of the NRA’s interpretation of the second amendment.
* What are the contrary arguments?
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