What point were they were arguing, and what position did each take?
They were discussing minimum sentencing for crimes committed with a gun. Stossel was against; BOR was for.
BOR thinks if a gun is involved in a crime, that mandatory sentencing is fine with him. Stossel said that mandatory sentencing has not decreased the crime rate; it has merely kept the prisons crowded.
I think he also ascribes to the idea that whatever weapon is used, it’s the actual crime that matters most, not a specific weapon. He mentioned a woman with a rap sheet who shot into a ceiling to scare off her abusive husband. She now faces twenty years in jail for using a gun in this manner.