thranx said:
its a valid argument if you want to protect yourself from said criminals. The police can not be at your house to prevent a shooting, they are their after the fact. Being addictive has nothing to do it. Any number of banned things are smuggled into the US addictive or not. If its banned there is a black market for it that no one controls but the criminals. Better to have them legal and have some control over it, than ban things and let the gangs have control of it. It didn't work with alcohol, it isn't working for drugs and it won't work for guns. Black markets just give criminals another avenue of income.
Why should guns be banned? |
Because guns kill. That's all they're good for, and thus should only be in the hands of trained professionals. You don't need guns to defend yourself, or at least not lethally-enabled guns.
The evidence is there that these "law-abiding citizens" (and by god do i hate that term. It's as arrogant and fallacious as the anti-choice movement calling itself "pro-life") are more likely to injure themselves or a family member (accidentally or on purpose) than stop a crime.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.