| theprof00 said: Hey I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I'm saying that it's just as rare and not the solution. Let's stop with "the media bias", ok? It's frankly a little tin-hat-ish. |
It isn't just as rare though. It's a lot more common according to most research.
The only research in which it isn't pretty common is when you make the standard of proof "someone has to fire at you or stab you before you draw a weapon."
That's why you don't hear about it... because it's pretty common.
Afterall you never hear about peoples homes getting broken into either... I wouldn't say that home robberies are particularly rare.
You can claim either side is right on specific instnaces... but the facts and numbers seem to lie pretty heavily on the "Anti-gun control" side.
Which is why a lot of people who wouldn't even want to own a gun tend to end up on that side....
and why popularity of gun control measures only exist right after a tragedy via fear... and then collapse back down to low levels right afterwords. (47% now, with 53% disliking how Obama has went about gun control... will likely be even lower in a month or so.)
As for a second hand papertrail....
I want to sell it and not bother paying expensive as hell background checks that are actually going to cost me or the buyer more then the background check?
"My gun got stolen."
It's just like illegal medicine sales for example. Unless they catch you out in the street doing it... they pretty much can't do anythign about it.
Maybe get the criminal to flip... but for a guy who sold his only gun to his brother? Don't see a big sting and deal happening because of that.
