Our Response to Bevin's "Can't Regulate Evil" Tweet

Governor Bevin said you “can’t regulate evil.” We posted a response:

Dear Governor: They’re called “laws.”

That’s how civilized societies try to regulate evil.

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— ForwardKY (@ForwardKy) October 2, 2017

All laws reflect the moral judgments of the people who write them.

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— ForwardKY (@ForwardKy) October 2, 2017

Apparently, you and most of our elected officials have decided it is more moral to have more guns.

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— ForwardKY (@ForwardKy) October 2, 2017

Reasonable people can disagree about the relative moral value of various approaches to guns.

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— ForwardKY (@ForwardKy) October 2, 2017

But to throw up our hands in the face of evil is to abdicate our responsibility for self-government.

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— ForwardKY (@ForwardKy) October 2, 2017