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Originally Posted by WNxRogue Think about it this way. Really, how much does the fact that someone is armed change the amount of crime that is committed? From countries where there is stricter gun control, the crime rate is less. In STATES where gun control is stricter there is generally lower crime rates. Putting more weapons on the street is not going to help the matter. You make guns that are more deadly readily available to criminals, and you give every would-be petty criminal access to a firearm. Leave weapons in the hands of those that are responsible with them, and dont allow those who are irresponsible to have them. Do you know how Cho was able to purchase his weapons. A - Due to his "type" of mental illness, he was still permitted to own a firearm. He also lied on his application. Both of these things could have been detected if more effort, or really, more money, was put into gun control.
Here is a fact. Even today your average citizen doesnt own a gun. Most average citizens arent even interested in owning one. Your excuse that we are "taking away a someones ability to defend themselves" is just that - an excuse. The likelyhood of someone who owns a gun firing them at a criminal is incrediably low. The likelyhood of a weapon finding itself in the wrong hands is exponentially higher. By handing out more guns we arent solving the problem, we are making it worse. |
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Really, how much does the fact that someone is armed change the amount of crime that is committed?" Well, considering that if someone was armed, the crime could be deterred, I'd say quite a lot, actually.
By the way, as to Cho, was there a B? Anyway...Beside the point.
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Both of these things could have been detected if more effort, or really, more money, was put into gun control."Ok, you pay more money, see how much it actually does...
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Your excuse that we are "taking away a someones ability to defend themselves" is just that - an excuse. The likelyhood of someone who owns a gun firing them at a criminal is incrediably low. The likelyhood of a weapon finding itself in the wrong hands is exponentially higher. By handing out more guns we arent solving the problem, we are making it worse."
And guess what? My exucuse is the exact reasoning that criminals prey on those without guns...How many times do you hear about an armed person being successfully raped versus an unarmed?
Quite honestly, I'd like to see some sources for you reasoning of the likelI(that's an i. btw)hood that someone wouldn't fire at a criminal, and how the likelihood that a gun would fall into the wrong hands would fluxuate either way wether we gave them guns, or the aquired guns themselves.