ATF traced Trump rally shooter’s gun using records opposed by some in GOP
ATF traced Trump rally shooter’s gun using records opposed by some in GOP
About a half-hour after an ATF tracing center received the weapon’s serial number, officials learned the father of the shooter purchased the weapon in 2013.
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The information turned out to be useless. I suppose it might have been useful if the would-be assassin had escaped or if he had been part of a larger conspiracy, but I think that then his gun would likely have been stolen or otherwise untraceable.
You know, I often think this when I’m parking my car. Why the fuck did I even wear this seatbelt? It turned out to be useless since I didn’t get in any accidents.
If you're trying to convince someone to wear a seatbelt, you aren't going to change his mind by telling him about all the times that seatbelts didn't do anything for you. This doesn't mean that seatbelts are useless, it just means that you're not making a good argument in favor of them. This article implies that "some in the GOP" are wrong to oppose keeping these records and tries to illustrate that point using a case where the records didn't actually make a difference. That's just poor rhetoric.
That makes sense.
But the method not