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I own a number of guns too. I enjoy target shooting. The only gun laws I tend to agree with are making it take time to get one because it solves alot of passionate crime problems.
But in the event of you not otherwise "normal" citizen - a true criminal, creating laws to stop people from carring guns isn't going to solve any murders. If you get life or the death penalty for killing someone, how in the fuck is a 5 or 10 years sentance for owning one gonna stop a criminal from buying one? We can't keep them from buying drugs or anything else they want so why write a law that takes guns away from a shop keeper or a guy who likes target practice like me, etc?
People who don't find any enjoyment in shooting always make the argument that it's ridiculous to keep guns legal for the few people that like to use them for sport. But hey, you know what? I don't drink alcohol and don't enjoy it in the least. People get drunk and act stupid and fight and drive and kill people WAY more often than an idiot with a gun does so why is it that alcohol is okay and guns aren't.
Either thing in the hands of an irresponsible moron is dangerous. If you let one be legal, I don't see how you can't let the other. The only reason guns come under "moral" attack and alcohol doesn't is that the % of the population that enjoys shooting for sport is much lower than the % that drink.
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