Should guns be banned among citizens in order to stop violence?( excluding law enforcement, police, etc.)?

Answer 1

no, humans should be banned
guns dont kill humans kill---lay a gun on the table and it will stay there until a human picks it up
when I was growing up (which I am smarter than most people) the gun was hung on a nail above the door,,I knew better than to tough the gun,,if I touched the gun my *** would fall off

but when you ban the guns ,,think about it just a while
no guns so we turn to knives
ban knives so we turn to baseball bats
ban the bats and we turn to rocks,
it is going to be hard banning all the rocks,,I dont think even a dem controlled congress can do that
do you get my drift how stupid it is to ban any weapon
if we will reach back and get some responsibility, ethics and honesty,, it will be ok to keep the guns

Answer 2

Legal guns in hands of citizens is fine. But the problem is, someone with enough money, even in England, where gun ownership is prohibited, can buy a "full-auto" weapon!!

You can load a gun, pull the hammer back and put it on a table and it will not jump up and kill someone. Some idiot has to pick it up and pull the trigger after aiming at someone.

If the penalty for a crime was stiffer for using a weapon, we would see a drop in the crime rate. Many rural areas actually have lower crime rates cause the bad guys know that they run a chance of getting shot in those areas.

You can bet that most criminals don't do to the local gun shop and buy their guns, they buy them black market. Why do you think gangs are armed the way they are??? Its illegal to own a fully auto weapon unless you have a class 3 FFL. That law, if enforced, would take lots of weapons off the street. Why make more laws, just enforce the ones on the books.

Answer 3

I personally think we all deserve to own a gun if we feel like it.
I myself am a convicted felon so I cant own a gun anyway, if I were to be caught with a gun I would have to go to prison for 5 years minimum, which is pretty damn stupid considering my crime was nothing to do with gun violence or any violence for that matter, never-the-less if you have a felony no guns for you, granted in a perfect world you wouldnt need a gun to protect yourself, but this is far from a perfect world and you never know. If I am being completly honest, I think police are just as dangerous if not more dangerous with guns than the regular citizens. I just had a thought, I think I would be ok with everyone else giving up their guns if the cops would give theirs up first. I cant imagine how much more control the police would have over us if they were the only ones with guns.

Answer 4

It would be impossible. First of all, there are millions of guns already "out there" and millions are sold each year. The other and more important thing is that laws only work on those willing to obey them. If someone is going to rob a bank for example, do you think they would care about obeying a law that prohibits guns? The only thing that a law of this type would do, is limit the honest people from defending themselves. Right now, there are laws on the books that make it a more serious offense, when any law is broken, and the person breaking that law has or uses a gun in order to perpetrate that crime.

Answer 5

yes.
Criminals will always have guns, but the fewer citizens packin the better. This cuts down on opportunistic crime. Domestic violence is a real killer. Children getting access to poorly secured guns in the home is a killer. Male teenage gun suicide is a killer.
If there are fewer people all pumped up with confidence because they are carrying around personal tools of execution, many dangerous situations would be avoided. Many people would run, avoid, consider, negotiate... instead of shoot. Of course this would save lives.
Do you think the average gun toting citizen is trained, cool headed and skilfull enough to thwart armed robbers? Diffuse gang violence? Intervene in domestic disputes? If you were being held up with a gun, would you reach for your gun? would this help the situation? What if you were being beaten up? would shooting someone be justified? Or do people only have them in their homes in case of home invasion? Is this a high representation of crime in society? Does the benefit of a gun in the top drawer outweigh the real dangers this poses to your family?
I live in a society where only criminals own guns. Our gun murder rate is very low, and generally there is little risk of getting shot unless you are a criminal yourself.

Answer 6

You're playing right into the hands of the gun lobby and the gun nuts. They are just waiting for someone to say just like you did in order to equate responsible gun control with banning guns altogether.

Those of us who favor more responsible gun control in this country (US) are not out to get all guns banned. Many of us are sportsmen who own firearms for hunting, target shooting and yes, for self defense.

We think all firearm purchases, including those made at gun shows, must undergo a thorough background checks of the purchasers and that all firearms must be licensed the way all motorized vehicles are (cars, trucks, boats and motorcycles are all licensed and no one seems to mind).

We will never ban firearms the way most other countries do but at least, we must find a way to easily trace criminals and deny them the easy access to firearms. No law abiding citizens need to fear the licensing of firearms. Many metropolitan areas already have such law.

Answer 7

No.
The knowledge is out there about how to make guns. It's common knowledge. You can make a law, and the law abiding people will comply. But the people who still want the guns are not law abiding. They will find a way to get or make the guns they want. If there is a will, there is a way. It's human nature.
I for one don't want to be left at the mercy of a lawless person. I want to be able to protect my children and myself. The police can't follow me around everywhere I go.
I have a gun.

Answer 8

Hell no. There would STILL BE VIOLENCE. If someone is shot to death, the gun is just the TOOL that was used. When the person that did the shooting is caught, it is the person that is put on trial for murder, not the damned gun. Why can't you people understand that? It is very simple. People kill people. Do you REALLY think that violence can ever be stopped?

Answer 9

I would love to think that banning guns would stop violence, but do you think the bad guys care. I'm sure they do as they would be the only one with guns. Oh! what a fun time for them as they would have no fear of anyone.

Answer 10

Absolutely not! It would violate one of our fundamental rights! Along with that prohibition of guns will only cause greater trafficking of guns to organized crime leaving responsible citizens defenseless; the same way that prohibition of alcohol failed but to a more dangerous and drastic level. In a way banning of guns will only make guns readily accessible through trafficking to crime. So instead of banning firearms making it a form of criminal profit, our nation should deter gun violence through more proactive means such as gun control.