Will banning guns stop shootings?

the mofo

kind of silly isnt it.
passing a law bannign guns will mean that the people who follow the law wont have guns.

But the people who dont really care about lawm like the criminals we have.... well they'll surely ignore it, and then the people who may need to defend themselves will have followed the law and ... oh wait they cant have guns too?!

david g

well blondie, simple answer NO, there is only one reason to have a gun and thats to fire a projectile that hits something, so man is a good target, better than a paper target

friendofb

no it won't they will still use guns it's like drugs that are banned there are people who still use them

gerch77

Never, it will increase the need for guns and cause more anger and violence

Convince Pete

It would help. Stop the sale of replicas is the first step, then invest money in tracking down the gun suppliers. The police pay people to inform on the drug dealers so why not do the same for the gun trade? Also the society we grow up in glamorises guns to males from a young age, thru Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. Now all of a sudden society wants to tell kids its bad.

ian s

A handy gun around to shoot somebody if you are stupid/mad enough, if it aint there you aint gonna use it.
Of couse it stops shootings for those of that mentality, and there are too many idiots like that around.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060913/violence_timeline_060913/20060913/

Children as young as 13 are being discovered with guns hidden in their homes :-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,,2019596,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11

frankturk50

More people in America and other country's are killed by accident with guns than by criminals - in other words legal guns.Why legalise something that will cause more deaths.Shootings in UK though blown up by the media are minimal compared to other countries.

willowGSD

You've answered the question very well yourself!
In the UK you cannot carry a weapon on the grounds of Protection. It would make you as much a criminal as the ones you are trying to protect yourself from. (2 wrongs never make a right) Other-wise you are correct. The criminal will get the gun as easily as the Junkie gets his drugs and the Boozer gets his alcohol where prohibition is in force!

FRANCIS G

Guns are designed to kill!
That's what they do!
There should be absolutely no legitimate reason to have a gun in private ownership.
I would outright ban private ownership. Treat possession as a crime as serious as plotting to kill, for that is a fairly good description of what it means to own a gun.
I'd face down the sporting lobby, they can just darn well find another sport that doesn't involve lethal firearms.

Of course the streets would still be full of illegal guns, but it would seriously effect the flow of new guns and ammunition. Which in turn would raise the street value of guns out of the reach of many criminals.

L J

Banning guns will not stop the problem,enforcement of the laws will and building more prisons will help and make inmates serve their full sentence. Don't even try to take mine away I'm a disabled retired Sheriff and i need my guns.

thewilds01

most killing are done with illegal guns, except in new york city!

picture . . . perfect

No it will not. We have put bans and restrictions on all kinds of weapons, yet they still end up being used in crimes. History says no.

mattitude

no - case in point - did banning alcohol during the Prohibition stop bootlegging and then created even bigger problems including the now infamous Al Capone era(who got his money and fame on bootlegging) - so no banning guns completely will only cause more problems - and anyone who gives me a thumbs down only makes this point more valid

Will banning cars stop drunk driving?

suzy c

I know the saying "guns don't shoot people, poeple shoot people" is corney but it is so true. It is the mind or lack of one behind the trigger that is resposible, not the inanimate object.

*****

It is NOT about guns. Man has been killing each other since the first murder of Abel by his brother Cain. There were no guns in those days. It is the evil in man's hearts which kills, not inanimate objects like guns, knives, clubs, etc.

baalberith11704

No, of course it wouldn't as only law abiding citizens obey laws,criminals do not and would thus still have their weapons. Regarding any posters that state it would reduce the availability of guns..it would not as any machinist or mechanically inclined do-it yourselfer will tell you a firearm is not that difficult to make in ones own workshop so rest assured the criminal element would manage to get weapons. The poster who claimed more people are killed accidentally than by criminals..he is extremely ignorant and obviously misinformed to believe any lies and propaganda like that... accidental deaths involving firearms have reached their lowest point since they started being recorded in 1903 and you are 80 times more likely to die in an automobile accident than by firearm accident.

iamnotme

First off, Nice picture Michael N.

i agree with you, criminals can always get guns. Many of the guns used in crimes are not legally purchased. Therefore, if you take away the guns of people that lawfully are able to carry and the criminals will still have their guns. Heck, the ones that the criminals have are better than my Glock and S&W. Who says girls can't shoot?

Niklaus Pfirsig

Fact: Private ownership of guns is illegal in New York City and Washington D.C. Do they have fewer shooting?

Outlawing guns will garantee that the law-abiding citizens will be unarmed, and will garantee that the criminals, who will get guns even if they have to learn to make them, will be safe from their victims.

moonorb_xion

Banning will not stop someone carrying one around or even using one. The government need to look further than just bans and longer jail terms. Personally I feel the government need to look more into "why" people carry them not just "how" they get them. Usually any type of weapon carried around is used for self-defence. So the threats out there need to be stopped. People need to feel safe in order not to carry such things. Society as a whole needs to change in order to lower these crimes dramitically.

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