It's already illegal for lunatics to own guns. It's already illegal for people to commit murder with them.
Someone who seriously wants to commit a crime is not going to be stopped by the illegality of what they're doing. All it will accomplish is getting guns out of the hands of people who are already law-abiders.
Also!
Population of US: 298 million+ Population of UK: 60 million+ Population of Canada: 32 million+
Statistics alone show that the US is more likely to have violent crime involving guns, simply because we have more people.
Additionally, while gun crime may be going down in the UK, knife crime is going up.
[CharlesRB]: Unfortunately knife attacks have gone up, and there's been a recent spat of teenage gang murders around London and in some other areas, though London got the most focus [CharlesRB]: Youngest death being 13 [CharlesRB]: Not that this is entirely a new development, there's been interest group and police focus on knife violence for a few years - knives seem to be more popular than guns coz they're easy to get, you just borrow them from the kitchen or whatever
You don't make the world a safer place by taking away the defenses of law-abiding people.
We have laws in place regarding what people are required to do in order to purchase a gun legally. The problem is that 80% of the guns used to commit crimes are bought by family or friends, or they're a street buy, or they're from an illegal source.
Stricter gun control laws aren't going to stop that sort of thing.
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Someone who seriously wants to commit a crime is not going to be stopped by the illegality of what they're doing. All it will accomplish is getting guns out of the hands of people who are already law-abiders.
Also!
Population of US: 298 million+
Population of UK: 60 million+
Population of Canada: 32 million+
Statistics alone show that the US is more likely to have violent crime involving guns, simply because we have more people.
Additionally, while gun crime may be going down in the UK, knife crime is going up.
[CharlesRB]: Unfortunately knife attacks have gone up, and there's been a recent spat of teenage gang murders around London and in some other areas, though London got the most focus
[CharlesRB]: Youngest death being 13
[CharlesRB]: Not that this is entirely a new development, there's been interest group and police focus on knife violence for a few years - knives seem to be more popular than guns coz they're easy to get, you just borrow them from the kitchen or whatever
You don't make the world a safer place by taking away the defenses of law-abiding people.
We have laws in place regarding what people are required to do in order to purchase a gun legally. The problem is that 80% of the guns used to commit crimes are bought by family or friends, or they're a street buy, or they're from an illegal source.
Stricter gun control laws aren't going to stop that sort of thing.