Question

After a tragic event in which an armed intruder storms into a mall and fatally shoots several people, the city of Belmonte institutes a law that prohibits any form of weapon in public retail establishments. This reaction would be an example of following which school of risprudential toucht? Sociological Historical irrational Forces Natural Law Legal Realism

Answer 1

Most appropriate response: (c) Irrational forces

Justification:
Under the Irrational forces jurisprudential thought, laws are formulated as the result of societal reactions to unique events and is not founded upon reason.
In the current scenario, the banning of weaponry is clearly in response to a unique event of a public shooting. There is no other legal precedence for the enforcement of such law. The enforcing authority is under pressure to "take action" in such a sensitive situation. Hence, to calm the public, the ban is enforced.
Therefore, Irrational forces.