15th October 2003, 1:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
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.
Sure it makes sense. When you buy a gun on the black market, you get it VERY easily. No background checks, no credit checks, no sort of registration whatsoever. you just give a person cash and you walk out with a gun in 30 seconds. Easy in, easy out. Conversely, to buy a gun legally you have to pass a background check that sometimes takes weeks, you have to properly register it with all the required authorites, and in some states even take and pass a handgun safety course, all before you can purchase a legal handgun. Not only does the legal avenues take far longer to navigate, they acquire reams of information on you in the process, and best of all it often ends up being more expensive.
I hope that's as obvious to you as it is to me.
And I agree, banning handguns would help inner city violence, maybe a percentage or two. Maybe one or two fewer crimes of passion. But be serious, how many drug runners do you think go through legal routes to attain weapons, when they can get more powerful weapons for cheaper the illegal way?
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