my point is that probably most crime is committed with illegally acquired guns.
I can't prove it, but it seems likely to me. Why bother complying with the law to get a gun if you're only going to break the law with it anyway, and it's that easy?
Secondly, it doesn't really matter that much how the criminal gangs got the guns, if gun ownership were made totally illegal, they would still have the guns. Only law-abiding citizens would hand their guns in.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:12,
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my exhaustive scholarly research watching episodes of CSI bears this out
legally bought guns would be much easier to trace through ballistic examinaion, so only stupid criminals would buy one through normal channels.
Obviously this doesn't stop crimes of passion, but as I've commented elsewhere, I doubt the lack of a firearm would stop someone who really wants to kill someone.
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the law should really concentrate on solving the kind of problems that happen all the time,
not the occasional one-offs that get in the news.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:57,
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