Originally Posted By: Larry Kehl
JJJ

Have you actually READ ALL of those papers and studies?

Read and memorized them! laugh

Doesn't matter. Plenty of examples in the world that do not involve opinion where countries have outright banned certain types of guns and had an immediate and lasting reduction in gun violence. Would some folks still kill with handguns and hunting rifles? Of course. But they wouldn't kill 58 and injure over 500! Would suicides continue? Of course. But there is no doubt having a quick and easy lethal means makes it far more likely someone will go through with it.

You see, most of us on the side of advocating sensible gun laws don't expect to eliminate all violence or deaths. But if we save one class full of children or even a handful of people or even one person by not allowing the general public to possess military style weapons then that is worth it! The "rights" of people to play with deadly toys should not supersede the rights of their fellow citizens to live!