Would tougher gun laws prevent criminals from getting and using firearms in the United States

[TheKentuckian]

54. Some actual difference but probably statistically null over any foreseeable time frame.

Prohibitionist cannot attempt to account for generation after generation of proliferation nor ingrained culture that cannot reasonably be compared to western Europe or Japan nor will they reconcile the piss poor and largely counter-productive history of any sort of prohibition in this country.

Of course neither side will push politicians seriously on things that can really reduce violence of all sorts like ending the failed prohibition pogrom we call the War on Drugs, easy access to mental health care, and getting money into people's pockets instead of funneling resources to the wealthy few because too much need, especially over enough time creates desperation and desperation leads too often to terrible choices and all the "getting tough" in the world won't fix much at all.

Fucking cough drop, agenda driven society. Folks will run around and around jabbing their eardrums and poking out their own eyes to avoid dealing with root cause instead of focusing on symptoms.