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Originally posted by HighOnAcid
People that do shit like that are going to get guns one way or another. If you take away the right to bear arms it will only put innocent, responsible gun owners at risk against criminals. 
And I hope the baby recovers...a truly sad story.
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As sad as the story truly is, I have to agree with what you said. The problem with crime is it takes a criminal to commit one. Making it illegal to won a gun isn't going to stop someone already willing to kill. That's like thinking speeding laws will keep him from driving fast if he's being chased after the crime.
The only way to stop gun violence is to keep guns out of the country entirely. We can;t do that with drugs or even people for god's sake so what makes anyone think we'd keep guns out? Our sadly biased media doesn't cover the events when a legal gun owner is able to stop a crime from happening by having a gun either. You can find news like that if you know where to look but it's not easy.... and our lazy sound byte culture forms it's opinions on the 10 minutes of news they get per day - very sad.
So all that said, I'm not saying I have a position on guns one way or the other (although I do)... my point is that if you are going to talk about legal policy, you should think about what serves the greatest good REALISTICALLY.