02-15-2008, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
These localized "gun-free" zones are the worst option in my opinion. What's the point of banning guns in DC or Chicago, when you can drive a few miles and easily purchase a gun there? For gun control to be effective it needs to be nationwide with no exceptions and strictly enforced with severe penalties. I truly believe this would drastically reduce the murder rate but it might increase burglaries and other less serious crimes. I don't know if allowing everyone to carry a concealed gun everywhere would reduce murder-suicides like these. You have to realize that these perpetrators want to die and take a few people with them. Armed citizens would not be a big deterrent to these people. I understand the intention and advantages of the second amendment, but it certainly comes with a big cost in its current form. I still say strict nationwide gun ban or at least getting rid of all gun-free zones. The localized gun-free zones and the easy availability of guns is a very dangerous mix.
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Gun control does not work. For that matter prohibition does not work for anything. I am very pro 2A as you might have guessed, however, I do see a need for smart legislature that targets the criminal, not the law abiding citizen. What is unfortunate is that we really have more gun control laws than we really need. What we should do is provide enough funding and incentive to support the laws already in place. Make the states pay if they do not list an individual who is a mental defective to the FBI in a timely manner. Make criminals that commit violent crimes with a gun pay dearly for their activity.
My big problem in those states the have strict handgun bands is that what the government is really saying is that: We the government do not trust you the citizen with a handgun to protect your self and do the right thing and even though we are not going to allow you to protect your self…you the citizen…can not hold us the government responsible for your injuries as a victim.
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