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Originally Posted by Gunmaster45
What bugs me is we have solid evidence that gun control solves nothing. Scotland and New York City are good examples. No one can own guns legally in those places and guess what. Since these bans, crime has gone up in these places. Why? Because these bans took guns from the law abiding citizens while the criminals (who never aquired gun legally anyway) still have guns to harrass the innocent with.
Poor Henry Getts in NYC gets mugged on a train and wounds his attackers with an illegal gun he kept for self defense and he got in more trouble than the muggers. It's all garbage.  |
Part of the problem there is that it's obvious gun laws aren't going to have any effect if anyone can go to a neighboring city or state where the gun laws aren't as strict and get guns there (whether legally, or by straw purchase).
But it begs the question of whether it's wise to implement those laws in the first place. The DC gun ban is an even better example of such idiocy. Local and state laws are a dumb waste, and a kneejerk reaction by local politicians who think they're making a difference, when they're actually just making it harder for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves.