There's a difference between drugs and guns (Reply #10)

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Wed Jun 22, 2016, 01:43 PM

10. There's a difference between drugs and guns

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You obtain illegal drugs to use them, mostly, in the privacy of your own home and not bother anyone.

What would be the purpose of obtaining an illegal gun you can't use?

The only reason to obtain an illegal gun would be to use it on someone. So it might not deter criminals bent on committing a mass shooting but it would require them to commit a smaller crime first before they could commit the larger crime. And they might get caught committing the smaller crime first.

Additionally, criminals love legal access to guns for the mere fact that it ensures an underground supply of undocumented guns. Because undocumented guns were first legal, documented guns. If legal guns dry up, so eventually will illegal guns.

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29 replies	Author	Time	Post
Banning all Muslims vs. Banning all guns: an examination [View all]	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	OP
Logical And Well Put....	global1	Jun 2016	#1
A question	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jun 2016	#2
Realistically...	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#8
An "assault weapon"...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jun 2016	#15
So you ban handgrips that stick out, leaving equally capable firearms without protruding handgrips.	benEzra	Jun 2016	#23
Your last paragraph makes an excellent point.	mainstreetonce	Jun 2016	#3
Thank you (eom)	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#9
Those who want to commit mass murder will find a satisfactory method...	Eleanors38	Jun 2016	#21
Additionally,	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#24
outside of the US, they do use full autos	gejohnston	Jun 2016	#25
Why wouldn't real gun control ban all guns?	ileus	Jun 2016	#4
Oh yes, just like the illegal act...	Puha Ekapi	Jun 2016	#5
There's a difference between drugs and guns	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#10
Someone who...	Puha Ekapi	Jun 2016	#13
Not deterred	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#16
...just like all those heroin addicts that could...	Puha Ekapi	Jun 2016	#20
And, btw	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#17
yes and Japan is not anywhere as individualistic as we are	gejohnston	Jun 2016	#18
I hunt with one of...	Puha Ekapi	Jun 2016	#19
Even felons who turn a new page often seek out a weapon for self-defense...	Eleanors38	Jun 2016	#22
Logic fail - the actual common denominator (the 'problem') is a PERSON intent on killing.	jonno99	Jun 2016	#6
In a sense you are correct...	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#11
Nobody has suggested "banning people". But as long as there are	jonno99	Jun 2016	#12
.	Shankapotomus	Jun 2016	#14
As I pointed out in another response to you	TeddyR	Jun 2016	#26
"Some say the key to stopping mass killings is to ban all Muslims entry to the country."	jmg257	Jun 2016	#7
Very good post.	deathrind	Jun 2016	#27
There are two problems with any ban (weapon -or- magazine):	Lizzie Poppet	Jul 2016	#28
Valid points...	deathrind	Jul 2016	#29

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