vlad321 said:
Notice how incidents involving guns went down. Surprising isn't it? And of course I'd rob someone if I knew they had a gun if I had a gun too. I'd have it in their face before they had their in mine. Look at Japan, it has some, if not the most, stingent laws on guns and their gun violence crimes are non-existant. Usually they involve assassinations, go figure. Also I'd much rather eat my steak with a spoon than with hands, as I've seen many do here in the US. |
First off, to complete remove guns (the only way to really stop gun crimes) would mean removing hunting, which is a legitimate method of feeding a family (I know quite a few hunters). Also, it is a very enjoyable sport, I suggest you try shooting some time.
Also, in the UK, gun crimes are down, but knife/sword crimes are up. We have much lower knife crime rates than the UK, but we have higher gun crime rates. As I stated (i think in another thread) communities which have conceal carry laws have lower violent crime rates than anywhere else in the US (look it up if you wish). Also, if people really want to kill, they will use whatever they can get their hands on, it doesn't matter if it is a gun or not. So yay, we stopped gun crime, but baseball bat crime is at an all new high.
Teach people to be responsible and to defend themselves and you have a much better deterent than just removing one of the many possible weapons. I mean, the guy could have just made pipe bombs and tossed them out his window while driving, that would have worked too...








