Reason Magazine
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J.D. Tuccille : Germany has strict weapons laws and tight identification requirements.
He says the country's already restrictive laws didn't deter a terrorist from committing violence, it's not clear why more laws would finally do the trick.
He argues that regular Germans will certainly suffer the results if more laws are passed.
More likely to be affected are regular Germans arrested while harmlessly peeling an apple on a train.
Germany 's hapless coalition government is frantically trying to look effective on something.
Never mind the proposed laws wouldn't touch terrorists and would hurt ordinary people.
Laws don't deter people who set out to harm others, but they have serious consequences for entire populations that suffer under ever-tightening rules.
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