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Henderson, were you aware that the vast majority of crimes involving firearms in this country are committed with handguns? 9mm, .45, and criminals really love those little snub-nose .38s. What they want are concealable and disposable weapons, small and cheap. Wheelguns and pump-actions are favored because they don't leave any shells behind unless you reload, or cycle the action in the case of pump guns.
Banning rifles won't help, in fact neither will banning handguns. Only the stupidest of the fools who commit crimes of passion will even use registered firearms. You see how much trouble they are having keeping immigrants out of America? It's that easy to smuggle guns into this country, and that's just one way of doing it. They caught some guy with a military-issue G36 about four or five years back in NYC, who even knows how that happened.
Now, if the BATF knocked on my head at 3:30 AM I'd certainly surrender my rifles. There's no way I'm going to die over $220, maybe if I had more expensive guns it'd be worth taking a stand. I'm horribly conflicted over this; I'd have no chance of winning in a fight, and I'm not keen to throw away my life, but rights aren't rights unless you're willing to fight for them.
I guess I just have too much faith in my neighbors, because I'd feel a lot safer seeing folks open carrying about town than seeing one cop car sitting there occasionally. I admit I'd have the opposite reaction if I were in the city, I lived down there for 5 years. Police can not protect you, but they can avenge you and deter more crimes.
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"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." - George Washington
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