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Originally Posted by sicone
I'm the simpleton huh... ok, I'll try to dumb down my language for you to understand. I'll even make the important words larger.
Keep screaming for more laws to make it harder to LEGALLY purchase firearms. Sure, go ahead and pass some new laws to do this.. I'll even support them and vote for them.
But what you dont seem to grasp is... The guns used in the majority of these shootings/crimes and what ever are not purchased LEGALLY. They are purchased on the street or blackmarket, from drug dealers, thieves who steal them from others, it doesnt matter because they are obtained ILLEGALLY. No new law making it harder for the LEGAL PURCHASE of firearms is going to stop the back room/street corner ILLEGAL deals done by criminals.
You do understand the concept of LEGAL and ILLEGAL dont you? One is allowed by law, one is against the law. The person who plans to go on a rampage like this... which route do you think he will take to obtain a firearm?
Is that simple enough for you?
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Here in Australia we had many mass shootings prior to 1996. Before then it was much easier to obtain guns. We changed our gun laws and really tightened it up. Now there are far less guns on the streets so that even if a nutcase wanted to
ILLEGALLY purchase a firearm they would find it pretty difficulat to do so. Since then we have not had one massacre.