“No I don’t think that they are unhinged.”
I didn’t think so either; but the idea that they will start shooting if ; in an effort to curb violence, we enact some measure of gun control does imply that they are unhinged .
“How many of our people complied with government edicts concerning Covid?”
If you told me that a store owner opened fire on a someone who came to fine him for having to many people in his store; yes that is unhinged.
I donlt understand why You seem to have a different standard to abortion.
You seem to be saying
Guns – people won’t listen so dont make rules since the government won;t be able to enforce it
Abortion – “We can outlaw it. We can hold providers responsible. ” – but no jail
In both cases IF there is a need for regulation; enact the legislation restrict abortions/guns for the betterment of society and if some people don;t follow we will deal with that.
I understand (though disagree) with not enacting legislation that can’t be fully enforced (“Our chachumim never made a halacha if they saw the masses refused to comply”) obviously abortion restrictions are unlikely to be fully enforced, and would also require draconian overreach (following suspected abortion clinics? Searching and seizing medical records) . why do you seem open to those restrictions (as long as no jail time) but not guns