Talk of The Villages Florida - 34 Guns Off the Streets of Ocala

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Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 2061464)

We've all heard that tired argument from the NRA. That is like saying "laws are pointless because criminals break them". Or "all drugs should be legal because addicts will get them anyways." Number one, guns will never be outlawed, Congress is not going to repeal the second amendment. No one wants to outlaw guns but the aim is to make gun laws less liberal so that those who should not have guns will have a more difficult time obtaining them. Given this, law enforcement and qualified law-abiding individuals would possess guns, and not only outlaws. We need to have common sense restrictions on those who can obtain or use firearms. Over time, it would be more difficult for criminals to obtain guns. If there are less guns in circulation, then there will be fewer guns in the hands of criminals.

I was reading interesting statistics about gun control in the UK. Ownership of guns for sport is acceptable and tightly regulated, but other than that, the UK has the strictest gun control legislation anywhere in the world. As a result, their rate of firearm homicide is 0.05 per 100,000 people. The rate in the US is 5.9.

Can you explain the process for purchasing a firearm so I can understand how it is so liberal?

Are you aware that a convicted felon cannot legally purchase or possess a firearm? So where do they get them? They steal them or buy them from other criminals who specialize in supplying stolen firearms or firearms purchased by a "straw purchaser" which is also illegal. Look up the definition of a straw purchaser, I don't want to write a book to explain it. The prosecution of a straw purchasers almost never happens so there is no deterrent to do the crime.

No where in this country and most of the world can you legally purchase or use heroin, cocaine, meth and so on, but there is a multi billion dollar business in supplying them illegally. Making guns harder to get or even a ban will only create another billion dollar criminal enterprise trafficking illegal firearms. So how well have the drug laws worked so far???