Industry circumvention of gun laws is later cited as proof the laws failed.

Evidence

After the gun lobby renders a ban ineffective, the difficulty in showing that the ban has any effect has been cited as evidence that gun regulations are ineffective. This neutering process is illustrated by a California law designed to slow down reloading. The law required empty magazines to be detached with a tool rather than with a finger (“Bullet button” used, 2012). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1074

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the ‘neutering process’ — a mechanism where lobby-engineered ineffectiveness becomes evidence against regulation, a genuinely useful named concept.