Huh... Where do they claim criminals get guns from then?
Others in this thread seem to think they only get them from other criminals. The reality is they get them because people such as yourself (gun advocates) insist on allowing a free flowing path of guns into their hands.
Really? I probably missed that. Personally, I know that criminals buy their guns from other gun owners, either on the street, over the internet, or at gun shows. I know this because the media has been harping about "background checks" for almost a year now. I can't imagine that everyone else is actually as dumb as you claim them to be. Maybe?
You should ask yourself why we don't ban guns and knives. The answer is so obvious.
Is it because the actual ban will be ineffective at stopping criminals from buying them from other gun owners, on the street, or over the internet, and because it will do absolutely nothing but distract us from the underlying issue of crime itself? I mean, to paraphrase, guns don't cause crimes, people cause crimes. Personally, I'd rather see the millions of tax dollars going to stop the underlying problem of crime, than ineffectually attempting to patch one of many of its enablers.
I don't see Japan attempting a ban on gravity, do you? And yet they manage quite effectively with their ban on guns.
Of course. Which is why Japan has no homicides, manslaughter (accidental killing), or other crimes. Right?
Review the statistics. We've already been over this.
Yes, we have. I noticed Japan still has crime. And in the end, I've dismissed them as inadequate, because they con't control for the radically different cultures and respect for others between Japan and other countries. Are there any better statistics that can account for the radically different cultures?
By the way, I don't own a gun, nor do II consider myself a gun nut in any sense (though I have had experience with sniper rifles)
