Gun law in the US says everybody can have a gun. My question is how will stopping the legal sell of guns make less guns in circulation.
The guns are already there. We could stop making them tomorrow but there would still be guns here. We would stop or slow the increase of guns, but they are still here. > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:will@;hothorse.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 9:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Possible Sniper Arrest > > But less guns = less to steal/find = less illegal guns in circulation. > > It's such a simple and obvious equation, and living in a country where > firearms are illegal, it seems so clear to me that making guns illegal > will > mean less guns in circulation. We very rarely encounter gun crime in this > country. Muggings are never at gun point, burglars rarely if ever carry > guns, people don't have them at home where children can find them. > Consequently, there are less, not more victims. It's a fact that you can > see > in black and white in the figures. > > The flip side of this, your position, means that a burglar is more likely > to > carry a gun knowing that the owner of the house he is about to break into > probably has one. The mugger will carry one, on the chance that his victim > is. It's a simple case of escalation. > > As to the obvious difficulties of how you enforce this in a country where > guns are so common, I'll leave that up to those who know a lot more about > gun law in the US. > > w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
