Pemalite said:
jason1637 said:
Well if a criminal illegally has a gun and you got a gun legally and then they pull up on a family member with a gun you can defend yourself and your family with your gun. The legal system won't do much to help you in that moment.
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Except the statistics in Australia don't lie. The overwhelming evidence is that Gun Control reduces gun related deaths, meaning your family is safer.
With gun control, criminals are less likely to own a gun.. Because it's a much more difficult process to obtain one.
However... By that same line of thinking, you are still fully entitled to own a gun, you just have to go through a process that ensures you are a mentally fit person to hold a weapon and have the appropriate precautions put in place to have said weapons secured.
Gun control doesn't mean guns are illegal to own... Which I think is ultimately the crux of the American line of thinking.
Anyway... Just because you own a gun, doesn't mean you are immune from being shot first before being able to pull it out... And then having the criminal proceed to shoot the rest of your family anyway.
If it wasn't for the fact I work in multiple emergency services agencies and thus often work with the Police, I would probably never even see a gun... Overwhelmingly, Gun control has worked in Australia, continues to work... And if you were to poll the citizens of this country on what they think, they would be supportive of gun control by a vast majority... You just don't see the weapons in the public limelight... Even robberies tend to use more primitive weapons more often than not due to how difficult it is to obtain guns.
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NZ already has some strong gun control laws put in place. I just dont think they should make it even harder to obtain a gun.
And criminals will still find ways to get guns with stricter gun laws. So if you have a gun legally you have a better chance to protect yourself.
