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Most gun owners prefer to keep them, in that context it doesn't matter whether they are confiscated or sold for a pittance under duress, both amount to the same thing.
...and anyone who thinks either of those options are going to happen needs to take off the tin foil hat, leave the trailer park and go to the library and read some books.
They think that the reason gang bangers don't come in your house assault your family a n d take your stuff is bek its a gun free zone posted
and that deep down under-- rapists and robbers are good people
Its the sierra club teaching on predators extended to 2 legged predators
They are our friends if we just respect them
I have about 20-30 friends who are Brits, including some distant cousins that I stay in touch with. What does any of that have to do with your statement about crime rates?
The British control guns, manage to have a decent society, and have a murder rate 20% of what we have in the United States. Thinking the British are just a peaceable lot is incorrect. In many other areas their crime rate is higher than ours.
A century ago the UK gun laws were the same as most states here, with guns readily available and licenses easy to get to carry them. And they had a lower crime rate than now. Their crime and murder rates have risen as they've tightened their gun laws.
Most gun owners prefer to keep them, in that context it doesn't matter whether they are confiscated or sold for a pittance under duress, both amount to the same thing.
You can move out of the jurisdiction that has laws offensive to your values.
A century ago the UK gun laws were the same as most states here, with guns readily available and licenses easy to get to carry them. And they had a lower crime rate than now. Their crime and murder rates have risen as they've tightened their gun laws.
Their crime rate is comparable or slightly higher than ours. Their murder rate is substantially lower.
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