On what plant will gun bans stop gun crime?

[aethelbert35]

Because it's not earth. criminals don't obey the law and will find a way to get guns regardless of the law.

When have gun bans ever prevented gun violence?

[advent]

ponpon should look at two Gun Ban Paradises. Mexico and Rwanda. Would she care to walk alone day or night in either place? Without armed US military escort?

Certain planets do ban all guns. Those under Klingon domination. LOL...

[tai38]

Well, there might be fewer gun crimes. But there will be more arsons, IED detonations, hit and runs and chain saw massacres.

The idea that getting rid of guns will reinstate an era of chains and brass knuckles where the "Fonz goes to a rumble" is naive. It may be that guns are more effective at killing than some other means, but its also true that they are precise - in most cases its only the person that you point the gun at and pull the trigger that dies, not so with burning down a rival gang member's house with him and his family in it.

People who kill with guns want to kill. Like the President said about smoking weed, "that's the point".

[aenedleah10]

I think what's more important than gun bans is gun education and safety. Teach people the basics of how guns work and emphasize that it should be used as a defensive or hunting tool rather than a deadly weapon.

[merla15]

They don't. A criminal will find access to a gun no matter what. It is the good law abiding citizens who have their guns only to protect themselves and others who suffer.

[curadhan74]

We now have something over three hundred MILLION guns floating around this country.

When is enough enough?

[cleirach70]

"When have gun bans ever prevented gun violence?"


Hard to tell since we have never experienced "gun bans."

[aenedleah10]

On planet "Libtopia".

[nissim42]

It doesn't. There are millions of guns in America. Banning guns will simply create a black market for guns.

[jamilah38]

criminals love the idea of unarmed civilians and so do dictators.