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I dunno, maybe if we can plug where the criminals are getting the guns, they can stop getting them and committing crimes with them? I thought pro-gun people were in favor of stopping criminals from getting the guns?
How exactly do you stop two friends selling one another a gun out of their garage? Roughly a 1/3 or so of all firearms don't have a serial number and have been around since the 1800's.
How about we leave felons in jail instead of trying to control what they do after they get back out.
How exactly do you stop two friends selling one another a gun out of their garage? Roughly a 1/3 or so of all firearms don't have a serial number and have been around since the 1800's.
How about we leave felons in jail instead of trying to control what they do after they get back out.
Thats a private garage sale loophole, one that needs closing by the banning of garages
How naive must someone be to believe that most drug offenders who have actually been sentenced to prison are "nonviolent?"
You would first have to understand natural rights to determine which acts are violent and which are not.
Sliding out of a birthing canal makes one agree to buy a fishing license before they feed themselves according to you so I'm not sure you're up to the task when it comes to understanding such matters.
Most drug offenses are for possession, most of these people are not criminals in their day to day lives. Of those addicts may be violent but only because they can't get their fix. e.g. knocking Grandma over for her purse. Hardcore criminals that are violent to the core make up small amount of drug arrests.
The average person commits 3 felonies per day.
Statism: criminalizing your behavior as you walk down the street.
The impetus for gun control being a left vs. right issue comes from very high homicide rates in urban cities 30+ years ago.
Democrats found the perfect political solution (R's would have done the same) which is to not only pass the buck for the problem but to lay the blame at the feet of their political rivals.
In my home state of Illinois, the gun violence rate outside of the Chicago area is comparable to Canada. Yet guess whom gets blamed for Chicago gun crime? Yep, the rest of IL and Indiana for making guns available.
The problem there is that guns are not the root problem, but are easy to blame and best of all it costs NOTHING to do it! Gang diversion programs, pre-school programs, jobs programs for impoverished areas? Nah, those cost money....let's just blame guns and our political opponents.
The impetus for gun control being a left vs. right issue comes from very high homicide rates in urban cities 30+ years ago.
Democrats found the perfect political solution (R's would have done the same) which is to not only pass the buck for the problem but to lay the blame at the feet of their political rivals.
In my home state of Illinois, the gun violence rate outside of the Chicago area is comparable to Canada. Yet guess whom gets blamed for Chicago gun crime? Yep, the rest of IL and Indiana for making guns available.
The problem there is that guns are not the root problem, but are easy to blame and best of all it costs NOTHING to do it! Gang diversion programs, pre-school programs, jobs programs for impoverished areas? Nah, those cost money....let's just blame guns and our political opponents.
Oh ya, well, we have "ammo cards" with back ground checks here in CA. Beat that!!!
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