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Originally Posted by silent_lemon
Cops won’t pull you over for doing 10 over, I don’t think this guy should have to go Leonardo DaVinci on his gun for 4fps, that’s inane
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I'm going to tell you this right now. If they could they would.
Why? Because everyone does it. Everyone litters, but that doesn't make it OK to do.
Same for speeding. Just because everyone is doing it it doesn't mean it's okay. If you live in a populated city or literally anywhere in North America where we hire 2-3 cops for every 5 that's retiring then we already don't have enough cops as it is. There's a reason why the turnover rate is over 66% in the first year alone.
If they had enough man power speeding enforcement would be placed in full effect but it isn't because although the law is posted there, it is *unenforceable*.
This is why you don't compare speeding with airsoft velocity. Because instead of 10 000 cops for policing 3.5 million or w.e bs stat the population Toronto is, for example, you have 5 people for every 40 or every 80 idiot who thinks it's okay to build a gun at max for when one at 300 will do exactly the same for indoor purposes.
Now compare that ratio to a platoon of 25 people in a division that is maybe 100 000 in driving population. Not realistically enforcable when you look at it like that, now is it?
Without getting too philosophical, I abhorr utilitarians to an extent, but I absolutely hate the "if everyone else is doing it then that must make it okay".
Tl;Dr you don't compare speeding to airsoft because you can't enforce speeding like you can airsoft. Just because others do something that doesn't make it okay.