Boy, 12, Shot in Face by 11-Year-Old; Neither Aware of Reduction in Gun Crime (updated!)

[GiaGiovanni]

48. I don't own a weapon. Never did.

I live in California where we have some of the most restrictive statewide gun laws.

That being said, your knee-jerk emotional reaction is very interesting. It is as if your brain took a holiday and refused to understand what was written on the page.

My only point is that you cannot treat events that have different causes with the same solution. If you're concerned about children getting ahold of guns, you'd do well to copy California's laws.

If you're concerned about criminals getting guns, even a full gun ban won't solve that problem, in the same way that a full marijuana ban has never prevented the average high school student from getting a baggie of weed. Bans simply don't work--people always get around bans. Even a ban on abortion wouldn't work: it would just drive abortions under ground and create horribly unsafe conditions.

In the end, the most rational solution to the gun issue is to target specific things we want to prevent and CAN prevent and pass targeted laws in those areas.