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Originally posted by CDSmith
The government should announce "All civilians with spotless criminal records will be issued a hand gun for personal protection"
Making it tough for innocent people to own a gun is stupid. The crooks buy them illegally quite easily, so all gun control does is make the public easier to rob, rape and pillage. Stupid.
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Y'know I keep hearing this argument against gun control again and again and every time I'm less convinced. It seems to me the argument has quite a few flaws.
I'd say a sizable proportion of your murders by firearm every year are committed by people with no criminal record and up until the muder itself no intent to commit a crime. Many of these offenses are spur of the moment acts and ownership of a weapon or the ability to buy one easily makes them far more likely to occur.
Also, surely fewer guns in the community would reduce firearm death by accident as well as firearm suicides.
I've never needed a gun and I don't know anyone who owns one. I've never seen one used in the commission of a crime and neither has anyone I know. Not being able to own one has certainly had no impact on my life whatsoever.
Then you need a law introduced that says any crime that is committed with a firearm is punishable by a mandatory life sentence.
I'm almost certain you would see instances of gun related crime plummet.