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Originally posted by opethPA
I tried to make that argument earlier. I have never owned a gun and unless something totally drastic happens I never will. Some people love them great, some people hate them just as great. That is what it means to live in America, having choices.
What I do not , for the life of me, understand is how anyone thinks making something illegal will prevent people from doing it. Criminals break laws.
Originally posted by litterbaux
There is no way to stop gun violence. If lets pretend we changed the word "drugs" to "gun", look how the war on drugs is going. Complete waste of money and a complete failure.
Idiocy
Originally posted by InfaRedMan
Originally posted by litterbaux
There is no way to stop gun violence. If lets pretend we changed the word "drugs" to "gun", look how the war on drugs is going. Complete waste of money and a complete failure.
Logical fallacy. Drugs are addictive, guns are not!
Idiocy
Indeed!
IRM
Originally posted by ANNED
Don't worry about a gun ban. the Mexican drug cartels will make sure there people and other criminals in the US still can get guns.
At a price of course.
With full auto AKs the criminals can do major robberies and make a lot of money to buy more guns.
Originally posted by woogleuk
If they are still available in joining states there is nothing stopping people acquiring them from there, it's not like there is border patrols between states.
Ban them throughout the whole country and you might find it will make a difference, assuming the authorities can round up all the ones that are in circulation.
Even if some do remain in circulation the owners are less likely to part with them.
Originally posted by woogleuk
reply to post by oper8zhin
And gun crime in the UK is only a fraction of the USA because people can't just freely drive to the next county and purchase weapons, getting them into the country is near impossible, and people are too afraid to take the risk of facing hefty jail sentences for getting caught with them.
After reading many views on gun control these last couple of weeks, I have changed my tune on American gun laws. However, I still believe banning AR is a sensible thing to do, there is absolutely no need for them.
EDIT: edited as it seems you edited yours.
Firearms aren't banned in the UK, there is just tighter control on who can have them and what type they can have.
I could apply for a firearms permit right now, and there is nothing legally stopping me. I can choose from a wide range of shotguns and rifles.
The misconception that everything gets banned in the UK is a tiresome one and simply not true.edit on 28/12/12 by woogleuk because: (no reason given)