Juan Anonly wrote:
> On 2010-04-25 15:39:56 -0700, Omelet said:
>
>> Gun ban laws only affect law abiding citizens.
>
> Great! Where can I got to be protected by "gun ban" laws?

Great Britain. Japan. A buncha places all around the globe.

>> They do NOT affect criminals who will be armed regardless of laws.

> This assumes that if we had "gun bans", then criminals would have
> plenty of opportunities to buy guns. But logically they would have as
> tough a time buying guns as anyone else. They'd have to violate laws
> just to get them.

Who says that gun-toting mopes 'buy' guns? And yes, the bad-guys do violate
gun laws. They violate 'gun-free' zones. They illegally shoot people.

> The logic that if we make guns illegal that somehow criminals will
> have them anyway--I've never been able to figure that out. They have
> to be manufacturered by someone. If those manufacturers are banned
> from the practise, where the heck would a criminal get a gun? All
> over the world criminals manage to break countless laws without
> handguns.

And all over the world, anyone with a basic metal working shop can turn out
a gun. Guns don't simply disappear from a society because they are made
illegal. What does happen, though, is that the innocent is no longer easily
able to defend themselves from an overpowering bad guy. A woman is left at
the mercy of a rapist with a knife or bat or physical stature.
--
Dave
What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan