Should guns be banned among citizens in order to stop violence?( excluding law enforcement, police, etc.)?

bubba bob

no, humans should be banned
guns dont kill humans kill---lay a gun on the table and it will stay there until a human picks it up
when I was growing up (which I am smarter than most people) the gun was hung on a nail above the door,,I knew better than to tough the gun,,if I touched the gun my *** would fall off

but when you ban the guns ,,think about it just a while
no guns so we turn to knives
ban knives so we turn to baseball bats
ban the bats and we turn to rocks,
it is going to be hard banning all the rocks,,I dont think even a dem controlled congress can do that
do you get my drift how stupid it is to ban any weapon
if we will reach back and get some responsibility, ethics and honesty,, it will be ok to keep the guns

TedEx

No. A criminal would not care if they were illegal or not.

Jacques

Obviously not, because that would prevent only lawful citizens from having guns. Criminals will always have guns. End of story.

pater47

I'm sure all the criminals and thugs will be the first to line up to turn in their banned guns - NOT.

Taking firearms away from lawful citizens will only make violence skyrocket.

One Sexy Jeep Girl

If you think that banning guns will stop violence then your pretty damn stupid. Anything can be used as a weapon even bare hands. So then using your way of thinking let's start cutting off peoples limbs.

Johnny Conservative

I dont think a ban on guns would ease any violence...they would just use a knife, a board with a nail in it, their bare hands. etc.

Centurion

No, privately owned guns and concealed permits deter crime. Look at the stats. Honestly dude, do you think if guns are outlawed, a criminal is going to turn his gun in? That's just dumb.

juanita meskin

no way , this won't stop crap. look what it has done for dope....

Bubba

When you succeed in changing the Constitution so that guns are illegal, then maybe.

But until then, my grasp will never exceed my reach.

Gypsy Gal

No because the gangs get them off the st and how would we protect ourselves,

gary l

Yes, that way I can don my body armour, grab my A.K. and RULE!!!! II really hope you are not serious, I'm assuming no one could really be that dumb....

Tropical Weasel

No. The criminals we know of should be put away forever and crime will go down 95%. If you take the guns away from law abiding citizens, crime will go up.

auditor4u2007

It would be impossible. First of all, there are millions of guns already "out there" and millions are sold each year. The other and more important thing is that laws only work on those willing to obey them. If someone is going to rob a bank for example, do you think they would care about obeying a law that prohibits guns? The only thing that a law of this type would do, is limit the honest people from defending themselves. Right now, there are laws on the books that make it a more serious offense, when any law is broken, and the person breaking that law has or uses a gun in order to perpetrate that crime.

grandma

NOPE!! The ordinary citizen is not the one pulling the trigger it is the criminal. Get rid of the criminals and problem solved.

Sara

No it's our constitutional right. However you have to use them responsibly.

ptnopt

No.
The knowledge is out there about how to make guns. It's common knowledge. You can make a law, and the law abiding people will comply. But the people who still want the guns are not law abiding. They will find a way to get or make the guns they want. If there is a will, there is a way. It's human nature.
I for one don't want to be left at the mercy of a lawless person. I want to be able to protect my children and myself. The police can't follow me around everywhere I go.
I have a gun.

krollohare2

You know they banned most gun ownership in England and they have even more gun violence today than they ever had before!

You know they banned most gun ownership in Canada and they have even more gun violence today than they ever had before!

You know they banned most gun ownership in Washington, DC, and it has the highest murder rate outside of New Orleans and Houston.

You know they banned most gun ownership in California and they have extremely high gun violence rates.

You know they banned most gun ownership in New York and they have high violence rates.

So do I think banning guns is going to stop violence. NO!

The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting DIFFERENT results.

Banning guns yields the SAME results ... more gun violence.

Again ---- ANSWER IS NO!

Lost in Erehwon

If owning a gun is against the law, then only those that care nothing for the law will have guns.

George C

Legal guns in hands of citizens is fine. But the problem is, someone with enough money, even in England, where gun ownership is prohibited, can buy a "full-auto" weapon!!

You can load a gun, pull the hammer back and put it on a table and it will not jump up and kill someone. Some idiot has to pick it up and pull the trigger after aiming at someone.

If the penalty for a crime was stiffer for using a weapon, we would see a drop in the crime rate. Many rural areas actually have lower crime rates cause the bad guys know that they run a chance of getting shot in those areas.

You can bet that most criminals don't do to the local gun shop and buy their guns, they buy them black market. Why do you think gangs are armed the way they are??? Its illegal to own a fully auto weapon unless you have a class 3 FFL. That law, if enforced, would take lots of weapons off the street. Why make more laws, just enforce the ones on the books.

I would love to think that banning guns would stop violence, but do you think the bad guys care. I'm sure they do as they would be the only one with guns. Oh! what a fun time for them as they would have no fear of anyone.

David C

No! It may seem like a trite oversimplification but guns don't kill people, people kill people. Almost any object can be used as a lethal weapon. Should we ban steak knives and baseball bats?

anthony p

alright.. jaques!!! finally someone with a brain.

i don't know about you, but i belive most criminals don't simply register for a gun and then blow someone away. taking guns away would only take REGISTERED guns away, thereby making the black market a monopoly leading to the inevitable result of more unregistered guns floating around the U.S.

buck s

NO , a criminal is far less likely to attack you if they fear your going to blow their head off

besides , i have had my concealed weapons permit for years , and still ted Kennedy has killed more people then i have

Today

Violence has much deeper roots. Banning Guns would do nothing to stop violence.

You're playing right into the hands of the gun lobby and the gun nuts. They are just waiting for someone to say just like you did in order to equate responsible gun control with banning guns altogether.

Those of us who favor more responsible gun control in this country (US) are not out to get all guns banned. Many of us are sportsmen who own firearms for hunting, target shooting and yes, for self defense.

We think all firearm purchases, including those made at gun shows, must undergo a thorough background checks of the purchasers and that all firearms must be licensed the way all motorized vehicles are (cars, trucks, boats and motorcycles are all licensed and no one seems to mind).

We will never ban firearms the way most other countries do but at least, we must find a way to easily trace criminals and deny them the easy access to firearms. No law abiding citizens need to fear the licensing of firearms. Many metropolitan areas already have such law.

Carl_the_Truth

Sorry, it won't work. Violence was here long before guns were even invented. Many forget humans are also animals. We've been killing each-other for a very long time.

martin d

NEVER!!!! that is a poor idea, sorry.

Thunderhawk

The question is not whether it deters crime or not, it is a right of each citizen to bear arms. If I want to purchase a gun for home protection, and meet the legal guidelines, then I should be allowed to do so. There are numerous other ways to kill people than guns.

just the facts

Hell no. There would STILL BE VIOLENCE. If someone is shot to death, the gun is just the TOOL that was used. When the person that did the shooting is caught, it is the person that is put on trial for murder, not the damned gun. Why can't you people understand that? It is very simple. People kill people. Do you REALLY think that violence can ever be stopped?

Unknown

Absolutely not! It would violate one of our fundamental rights! Along with that prohibition of guns will only cause greater trafficking of guns to organized crime leaving responsible citizens defenseless; the same way that prohibition of alcohol failed but to a more dangerous and drastic level. In a way banning of guns will only make guns readily accessible through trafficking to crime. So instead of banning firearms making it a form of criminal profit, our nation should deter gun violence through more proactive means such as gun control.

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