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Every year in the U.S., an average of more than 100,000 people are shot
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That, by the way, is .000303% of the population. And I would venture to say that the majority of those shot are shot with illegal guns.
The fact is, that laws don't prevent crimes, they only define crimes. If someone gets caught shooting someone with an illegal gun, they are going to be in big trouble for carrying an illegal gun.
I agree. We should make it more difficult or impossible for some people, ie; mentally ill, convicted felons, etc., to obtain a firearm legally. But, we should not do anything to make it difficult for law abiding citizens to exercise their God given rights.
Now, unfortunately, these two objectives are in conflict with one another. In order to prevent the wrong people from getting guns, we need to check to make sure that someone buying a gun doesn't fall into one of those categories. But we really should do what we can to minimize the difficulty for law abiding citizens to get a firearm. I think that Florida does that pretty well. Massachusetts, where I come from originally,takes away people's rights for no good reason.