Gun Control thread (merged many)

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by August

It can and likely will still be brought up as an amendment.

Looking back,


I'd be more surprised if it wasn't brought up as an amendment. This ain't over. Not by a long shot.

[August]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Looking back,

[Cybermat47]

I think this can all be summed up with this:

You enjoy your country's laws, and I'll enjoy my country's laws.

[Cybermat47]

It sounds like what you Yanks ended up with is the best thing. More unforgiving penalties for illegal gun owners/suppliers.

By the way, what's with illegal gun owners getting guns in the first place? Does a legal gun owner buy the guns, then sell the weapons to the criminals? Hopefully the increased penalties will reduce this, but perhaps background checks could work as well?

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

By the way, what's with illegal gun owners getting guns in the first place? Does a legal gun owner buy the guns, then sell the weapons to the criminals?

According to the ATF stolen guns are near the bottom of the list of sources:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ocon/guns.html

According to the ATF stolen guns are near the bottom of the list of sources:

When you can walk into a gun sale and buy a weapon with no backround checks there is no need to steal guns, plus if you are buying in the "legal" market you don't get stung by black market prices.