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Originally Posted by PistolPoet When guns that have no real civilian use -- assault weapons, grenades, etc. -- are made legal, the first people who buy them are criminals and wanna-be terrorists. So gun control makes sense on at least that level. |
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Originally Posted by Ryan  ...as long as we're not allowing anything other than bullet-firing weapons, it's fine with me. |
No one has been saying that grenades and rocket launchers should be made available. You're spreading misinformation when you start adding in those items. You're creating a straw man argument.
It's well known that I'm a liberal around here, and yet I have to disagree with what you're saying. Have you ever thought about the GOOD that could come from more people owning guns? Sure, the criminals might have more access to them, but what about business owners and home owners? You don't think criminals would stop to think about whether or not the person they were about to rob was strapped?
Right now, criminals can pretty safely assume that most of the public is walking around with no means of defending themselves. They get by on robbing people merely by threatening force, but not actually using it. You'd have to have balls of steel to start pulling out a gun and robbing people if the majority of the population was carrying.
I can really see it going either way, to be honest.
My bottom line:
If the weapon exists, the criminals are going to find a way to get it regardless of gun control laws.
p.s. I guarantee every single one of the "gang-bangers" in your picture could easily get any of the weapons in the "terrorists" picture you posted in under 24 hours.