Should guns be outlawed in America?

[Jexy]

sethnintendo said:

Seece said:
Don't think it wouldn't solve much, the ones that use them irresponsibly would just move onto Knives ect

The murder rate might decrease slightly then considering it would be more difficult to kill someone.  I take 311's stance on guns which I believe guns are for pussies (they have a song on their 311/311 album titled that just to let you know).  I don't mind hunting rifles and shotguns but I have a big problem with assault rifles, SMGs, and handguns considering that is a weapon designed specifically for killing people.  Shotgun and rifles are harder to conceal unless you saw them.  I would never own a gun because I would probably end up killing someone considering I tend to run into a decent amount of stupid people.

UK has a big problem with stabbings, much more so than the US, just because of the gun laws.  People are going to try to kill eachother with whatever they can get.  Yes guns tend to be more fatal.  But I wouldn't take too much advice from 311 in terms of how to fix a country.  I do love that album though, one of my all time favorites. 

I agree that assault rifles aren't really necessary since you're not going to shoot an animal with that, and you don't need something like that to protect yourself, unless you're John McClane.  Handguns however, are used in the vast majority of cases to protect oneself, not to mention, if you're in real danger, and you need protection, you aren't going to be loading up a shotgun for a few minutes, you're going to grab a handgun if you want to live.  But like the statistics say, 93% of crimes are with illegally acquired guns.  Thus, you'd only be banning honest citizens from protecting themselves, and the criminals would still carry concealed weapons.  So that wouldn't fix anything.

And yeah, I guess I would hold off on owning a gun if I were you :p

I do think that in some places it is too easy to obtain a gun.  You should be required to take some classes before getting it in addition to the background check.  But in some states it's too hard to obtain a gun legally, with many taking up to half a year to approve.  No wonder people end up getting them illegally.