| HappySqurriel said: Personally, I see very little reason to own a gun and thus would probably never own a gun, but I think the reasoning behind gun control laws as being flawed; which explains why they tend not to work, and why gun violence tends to go up after a law is created. Basically … A criminal buys a gun because they intend to (or see the possibility to need to) commit the most violent crimes which carry the harshest punishments. Gun control laws add a marginal increase in the punishment over what they will already face and therefore don’t act as a deterrent to committing gun related crimes. The irresponsible gun owner has far less concern for the consequences of their actions and therefore will (probably) not respect or follow the law anyways; they may also do remarkably stupid things to prevent the “Guvment” from finding their guns, like hiding them in their baby’s crib, which can increase gun accidents. The responsible gun owner is the person who is the least likely to use a gun in a murder, most likely to prevent a violent crime with minimal force, and least likely to be involved in a gun accident is the only person who will actually obey the law. Essentially, you’ve disarmed the people you would want to own guns while those you don’t want to have guns continue to have guns … |
Unless said gun control laws disarmed everyone... as in stopped all sales of pistols and confiscated all registered weapons. Then the criminal with intent to kill no longer even has the opportunity to break gun laws, because he can't get the gun to commit his act...
