Gun Control

Im suing because you stole my line. See you in court. xD. Anyway.... 1. Switzerland is an example there can be multiple factors involved in determining a nations crime rate. 2. I think it is a very real possibility that people can get guns from dealers and sellers. In the war on drugs law enforcement does go after these dealers, but it will never eradicate the problem. You say if they were illegal, they would be harder to obtain. That is a valid argument. But I think that the same pretty much applies. It may not be as easy to obtain them compared to Marijuanna or Cocaine, but people will still be able to get them with moderate or easy difficulty. Again, like the war on drugs. As for the Lakota, I do not believe we would disarm people because of their ethnicity. I listed that to show there was a history. As for New Orleans, you may argue that was an isolated incident. You may also argue Nazi Germany seizing civilian weapons was an isolated incident. I do not believe that a Nazi-Like confiscation could happen here anytime soon.However that was made possible with gun lists. "This year will go down in history. For the first time a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" - Adolf Hitler, 1935 Also I did not give two examples. I gave 3. In 1941, FDR used a foreign attack on America to justify confiscation of guns and other property from many people, and then placed them in camps. This happened. And although it happened to people of Japanese and Italian ancestry, this could happen and be justified for something like an attack. And while I so not believe this will happen any time soon, it has happened shorter than a century ago. Widespread adoption of gun control is very unlikely. And like you said, crime has several factors, and in America, it might not just be the absence of strict gun control. If you banned high capacity magazines, people will just get them from dealers, like drugs. And what is your stance on Medical Magazines! (Lol jk) And yes the average citizen is not likely to carry around a 100 round magazine, one might. And even if we did ban them, they'd be extremely ineffective as someone could just get it from a dealer or illegal manufacturer. And yes people will and can illegally manufacture them. http://www.reuters.com... Also, large corporations involved with the arms industry may be capable of smuggling if they feel it may hurt their business in the extreme. Which in my opinion it likely will. And as for England, this is from the Crime Prevention Research Center Every place that has been banned guns has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place where murder rates have fallen, whether it"s Chicago or D.C. or even island nations such as England, Jamaica, or Ireland. For an example of homicide rates before and after a ban, take the case of the handgun ban in England and Wales in January 1997 (source here see Table 1.01 and the column marked "Offences currently recorded as homicide per million population"). After the ban, clearly homicide rates bounce around over time, but there is only one year (2010) where the homicide rate is lower than it was in 1996. The immediate effect was about a 50 percent increase in homicide rates. The homicide rate only began falling when there was a large increase in the number of police officers during 2003 and 2004. Despite the huge increase in the number of police, the murder rate still remained slightly higher than the immediate pre-ban rate. Here's the picture that go's along with it http://2.bp.blogspot.com...