"If there is a lot of resistance you could make possesion of a gun attempted murder , would make people think very carefully whether they would want to carry them , especailly criminals- comunity service or light sentace for a mugging or long term prison sentance for attempted murder if they are carrying a gun while doing it , even in bank robbery they would likely think twice about the additional years ."
"I think you are right on this one . People would reconsider when they are looking at that kind of penalty . I take the opposite view as you , thoug , I think this would simply encourage them to carry bigger , badder guns . If you are looking at life for robbing a bank , you may as well use a rocket launcher and an M-60 as use a handgun . This would virtually ensure that the police would not get you , as most police departments on the planet are not equipped to deal with heavy machine guns and rocket launchers . If hte penalty is the same though , why not ? People tend to miss the most obvious ( and most dangerous ) way to institute gun control That is to restrict the sale and manufacture of bullets . Without bullets , your gun is nothing but a paper weight . Bullets are also much more difficult to produce than guns . While they can be reloaded , casings are incredibly difficult to make on a small scale . The only way to really do it is to turn them down one at a time on a lathe . Dogs CAN be used to sniff out gunpowder and primers . This is a danger I think people miss when they start bannign certain types of ammunition . Right now , `` cop killer `` ammo is outlawed in the united states . Gun advocates laughed our butts off when they did this , since the `` cop killer `` amunition as they described it does not exist ouside of hollywood ( NO , coating a bullet with teflon will not enable it to pierce body armor , it will lubricate your barrel when you shoot it , though ) . I personally don ; t think this is anything to laugh about . BAnning guns is a stupid and unworkable plan , banning ammo could actually be dangerous ."
"they would likely think twice about the additional years ."
"I take the opposite view as you"