Last time I checked drugs were still illegal, yet a crackhead seems to have problem finding drugs to buy. We tried to ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol, but that just led to secret distilleries and smuggling. What makes guns any different? The vast majority of gun crime is carried out with guns that are illegally owned anyway, so how would a law making them illegal, again, do anything to prevent crime? I think increasing punishments for illegally owned weapons would do more to stop crime than banning law-abiding citizens from access to arms of their choosing would. Gun control only affects those without intentions of crime, criminals don't care about breaking laws to get want they want.
2007-04-21 08:08:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It wouldn't decrease ANYTHING...Look at Australia...they outlawed guns and they increased their crime rate by something like 300%!
2007-04-21 08:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by hera 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because people don't use their heads. There were at least a dozen things done at VT that were illegal. Laws don't stop criminals. They only prevent law abiding people from defending themselves and their family.
I'll give up my guns when they can absolutely guarantee me that NO CRIMINALS will have guns.
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2007-04-21 09:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The GOP congress in the nineties passed several bills increasing federal sentencing guidelines for gun crime. Liberal judges have bypassed these guidelines and used less harsh state guidelines instead.
I wonder if they are perpetuating violet crime to keep the masses in fear. If we have no guns then we must rely on the government for "protection". Isn't that the Liberal mindset? Make us all "victims" dependent on the government for everything? (healthcare, protection, homes (environment), education, and income (welfare)).
2007-04-21 08:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
people like fantasy and they like instant cures and they don't like reality
Washington DC is the poster city for the ineffectiveness of gun control.
It had one of the toughest gun control laws in the country and yet was for years "the murder capitol" of the country. I think it has always been in the top 10 for the last 30-40 years.
2007-04-21 08:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by lexiwords 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Statistically, states with more legally-registered handguns have more gun-related murders.
Australia once had gun laws similar to those in America, allowing its citizens to own firearms. Then, a mass murder took place and they imposed strict gun control. Want to guess what the end result was? Crimes associated with guns decreased dramatically.
2007-04-21 08:16:49 · answer #5 · answered by Hemingway 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
2 things:
first, some of those people are just ignorant. they don't want to listen to reason, logic, facts, etc.
the second group knows that stricter gun control won't make a different, but they pretend that is the concern. they will simply use any excuse to strip us of our rights and dismantle the constitution.
not sure which group is more dangerous.
2007-04-21 08:17:22 · answer #6 · answered by Rat P... 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't make much sense to ME either !
The TRULY interesting thing to ME is that those who want to BAN firearms are the same who whine and cry when their civil right to: a) kill fetuses b) engage in creating porn c) correspond with Al Queda by phone or email d) ban prayer e) burn the flag are discussed or perhaps be legislated !!
They can take mine when they pry them...
2007-04-21 08:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know why they think that, but as long as guns are legal, we at least have registrations on the legal weapons. Make them illegal and there will be no tracking capability.
2007-04-21 08:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not a magic solution but it could help.
2007-04-21 09:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by Mysterio 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋