15th October 2003, 1:38 PM
Quote:No, not nonsensical because you ignore the major difference between America and Europe: There's a huge drug market here, far, far larger and more virulent than Europe or Japan. Because of that, there's an exponentially larger black arms market in America than elsewhere. I don't know why you ignore or don't understand that basic fact. Do you honestly think it means nothing? Where is America's violent crime based in? Inner cities. What else thrives in America's inner cities?
Ding ding ding!
In contrast, Rural areas, which have, by far, the highest concentration of legal gun ownership and the lowest concentration of drug trade, has by far the lowest amounts of violent crime. Coincidence? No, it's obvious fact that I know you'll continue to ignore because it makes your position worth shit.
In rural areas (like this state) guns are generally for hunting... I don't really have a problem with that as long as they're registered, legal, and kept away from children (preferably with gun locks)...
Also, I don't see how getting illegal guns could be easier than getting legal ones... that doesn't make sense...
And banning handguns would help inner city violence! Sure, it'd take quite a while to get most of those guns off the streets, but if it was illegal to just have one... you'd be surprised how much crime would go down.