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[Weltall]

Originally posted by OB1
Well Hong Kong and Japan have much lower murder rates than the U.S., and guns are banned over there (although it's not as strict in HK as it is in Japan). Lots of gangs in HK and I'm sure there would be more deaths if they didn't just have to use knives. They sure try, though.

Anomalous. Give similar stats for Britain a look. The fact is that gun control doesn't disarm those who don't follow the law to begin with. All the gun control laws we have now doesn't even begin to stem the flow of assault rifles and other weapons which are already illegal.

One should also note that fifty years ago, when anyone could own a gun and rifling courses were taught in friggin high school, murder rates were at a tiny fraction of what they are today. It's funny how none of this matters. One doesn't have to point out that our murder problem has always followed on the tail of our drug problem... Guns aren't the issue, plummeting morality is.

Simple fact is, banning guns is one of those good intentions that pave the road to Hell. Even if there were some reason to justify a solution that obviously causes more problems than it solves, there's that whole idea of rescinding one of the primary Amendments.