Gun Control

K. Response time. 2. Although, yes people don't have the same incentive to get guns than to get drugs, as guns don't make you high. However, if someone wants one, they can get them, like the War on Drugs. And although, yes you can't grow guns out of the ground, you can manufacture things with 3D printers. And of course a common criminal is likely not going to have a 3D printer in his basement, it might be a viable option if some kind of crime organization possessed the funds. As for England, a number of factors, not just their gun control policies can be credited to the low amount of gun violence, mainly their neighbors. For example, France has extremely strict gun control, along with some other nations that are near. As for the knife thing, I was simply pointing out the ridiculousness of England. But lets take a look at another European nation. Switzerland. "In some 2001 statistics, it is noted that there are about 420,000 assault rifles (fully automatic, or "selective fire") stored at private homes, mostly SIG SG 550 models. Additionally, there are some 320,000 semi-auto rifles and military pistols exempted from military service in private possession, all selective-fire weapons having been converted to semi-automatic operation only. In addition, there are several hundred thousand other semi-automatic small arms classified as carbines. The total number of firearms in private homes is estimated minimally at 1.2 million to 3 million" from Wikipedia Switzerland does not have strict gun control. Lets take a look at Swiss Crime Statistics. "In Switzerland, the police registered a total of 527,897 criminal offenses in 2010, including 53 killings and 187 attempted murders. There were 481 cases of rape and 62 attempted rapes.[1] In 2009, 94,574 adults (85% of them male, 47.4% of them Swiss citizens) were convicted under Swiss criminal law. 57.3% of convictions were for traffic offenses" from Wikipedia 53 killings and 187 attempted murders. Pretty low. Theres also this comparison of violent crimes from England to the U.S. "In the UK there are 2,034 violent crimes per 100,000 people. "The US has a violent crime rate of 466 [violent] crimes per 100,000 residents." Ben Swann Even with gun control the UK has more violent crimes than the U.S. Perhaps, if people had guns, they might have been able to defend themselves. Because not everyone is a Krav Mega expert in the field of knives. 4. It is 10:00 am in New York City. A man in a mask walks into a bank, takes out a gun, and holds up the teller. A man with a gun that was smart enough to pull it out when the man was looking now knows the masked guy at the tellers station is the bank robber. "Down on the ground or I shoot!" and he does get down on the ground. Most bank robbers usually wear masks while they walk into their target, so there usually relatively easy to distinguish them from everyone else, and as long as you pull your weapon out when your target is in a location you can recognize, and if he commands you to get to the ground or sit down or any thing like that, you will usually be able to know who your target is and not confuse him with a civilian who might also have a gun and is getting up. You might say it could also be any other situation, and in some cases you may be right about this happening, but usually there is some way to distinguish your target from the other civilians. 5. Makes shooters reload more. Makes innocent civilians trying to stop it reload more. And as I said before, they will likely find a way to get higher capacity magazines from dealers and sellers, in fact, I would think ammunition would be more easy to acquire than guns. So that puts the civilians at a disadvantage. 6. I have nothing against lists of felons, votes, etc, except if its gun owners. Historically, these have been used to find and disarm populaces. In fact, they have done it in the United States. "In 1890, during the height of the American Indian "relocation" effort, U.S. troops disarmed the Lakota people en masse "for their own safety and protection" as they were corralled into their new home. Most of the tribe was massacred when a deaf Lakota man refused to surrender his rifle to the federal soldiers. In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt used a foreign attack on an American territory to justify the mass confiscation of guns and other property from thousands of people deemed "enemy aliens" all over the United States. After the confiscation, these disarmed individuals were rounded up and placed in concentration camps." policestateusa.com "In 2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans became a veritable disaster area and was rife with violence and vandalism. The government"s solution was to launch a wholesale gun confiscation effort in the city " door-to-door." Yes it can happen here and has.