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Originally posted by AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe:
Guns being illegal would solve absolutely nothing. First of all if only the law enforcement and the military had guns they would be free to impose their will on anyone without guns, or the general public. That might be fine for right now, but lets say a really powerful leader gets in office and takres control and then uses the army and police to enforce their will on the citizens, kind of like the first series of star wars movies. You might think that it could never happen, but it happens all over the world in many different countries, at many idfferent points in history.
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And of course ordinary people with guns will easily gun down the very well trained armed forces and retake the country for God, Liberty and mom's apple pie [img]tongue.gif[/img]
They might provide a bit of resistance, but not enough. And if the soldiers were being shot back at that'd probably just make them want to be even MORE harsh to the populace as revenge.
A guerilla war might be possible, but chances are that they'd somehow end up like so many other "freedom fighters" and take innocent people hostage and generally not really be freedom fighters at all but rather something approaching terrorists.
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Originally posted by AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe:
Secondly on a different note. If criminals have guns now, one would assume they would be able to get guns if they are illegal. By having guns outlawed you only leave the average citizen defenseless. OK they could call the police, but what are they going to do with a gun carrying criminal in their house for the next ten minutes until the police get there? What we need is gun awareness. Teach kids about guns and theach them to respect them. If we as a society were more open about guns then we would greatly be able to reduce the number of gun related accidental fatalities. As far as the murder rate. If a gun is illegal and you want to kill someone what makes you think you wouldnt use a knife, or a sword, or an anvil or your fist. Granted a gun makes it easier to kill people, but violenece is going to exist whether or not guns are legal. Just my $0.02 [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Well, if you don't have a gun the criminal might just knock you out, tie you up and steal your stuff. If you DO have a gun he'll shoot you, bury you in a shallow grave and THEN steal your stuff. Which is preferrable?
Besides that there's the fact that not everyone has the necessary connections for getting guns illegally, not everyone who wanted them would be able to get them anyway. On top of that kids will never be 100% responsible no matter how much we teach them, there will always be someone who collapses to group pressure due to a dare, "C'mon, take your dad's gun to school tomorrow, I DARE you to do it." Or gets drunk, or depressed, or stoned, or whatever.
Yes, you COULD kill someone with a knife even if you didn't have a gun. But if someone is running after you with a knife you can attempt to run from him, a madman with a gun would shoot you in the back when you ran.
Hey, noone ever said that outlawing guns would make violence magically dissappear, I am just personally of the opinion that it would lessen it quite a bit.