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Originally Posted by Peaches
And I'll ask again like I did in another thread: how do they propose to do this? If they pass laws that owning a gun is illegal, only the criminals will have guns. Yeah, that sounds like a GREAT plan.  |
Sadly Peaches - it ain't gonna happen.
There are too many folks with a vested interest - and money - and this is already messed up with politics and "contaminated".
It would take their families to die before it hit em in the face.
Sure.. there are nothing "wrong" with guns as such - it's people that are the problem :-) And... sure ain't easy to have get a resolution and suspect this would take generations to implement.
Criminals owning... This is probably the main reason/excuse as to why others feel the need to have guns. Attacking that rigidly *may* help restore faith and subdue the general public into thinking they need a gun. Tho, a very high proportion of gun-related incidents are not from "real criminals", but kids and others who just went nuts. Something can be done with kids - the nutty element will always be there.
On "real criminals" - they will always access guns where they have a need. It's the same in other countries tho the "accessibility" makes it easier for all. Jailing criminals may be a punishment - but doubt that is enough to deter them - hell knows the solution to that, but maybe "total removal of all assets" for anyone involved in a criminal action with the use of firearms. But... without help to "go straight" - that can have a backlash effect :-)
It is "normal people" that probably have most problems with guns around - from what may start as a simple domestic dispute ends up a disaster area or, some small child finding his Dad's gun ends up blowing his face off or, the teen who has little parental supervision and decides with a friend to hold up the local liquor store out of some stupid bravdo.
That latter incident happened within the last year in one State - an undercover officer happened to be in the "back shop" at the time and saw two masked attackers reach the cashpoint. They shot into the counter area and the girl behind the counter dropped to the floor. The officer thought she had just been killed and shot the hat off one of the robbers and he froze and "hit the dirt" - the other ran out the door. When she removed the mask off this person - it was a 13 year old kid in a state of shock. The girl behind the counter had just fainted - best place for her at that time was unconcious behind the cashpoint. Both of them were caught - the other was 16 years of age - both spent some time in Juvenile Hall and back on the street now. That officer was pleased she did not shoot to kill that kid (she normally goes for the legs, depending on circumstances) - but, he could have caused grief for a few people by his actions. Gun "accessibility" is a big problem - these kids had two guns each :-)