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Originally Posted by sweetpea
"if we outlaw firearms, the only ones who will have firearms will be the outlaws." this is so true.
Criminals and determined youth have no problem finding guns that are restricted, there is a large underground of firearm dealing and always has been and probably always will be, the business of protecting oneself is booming and this will always be so . . .
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Where are the illegal firearms coming from? Are they already manufactured illegal? Or are they bought as legal weapons and than are stolen or sold illegaly?
Somewhere the "life" of a gun has to start and it starts as a legal gun. So outlawing guns would dry out one of the supplies of illegal guns.
My problem with the possetion of guns is that the american soceity is obviously obsessed with violence (see crime stats) and I think someone who violently insane shouldn't be armed to the teeth, so why should the american soceity be armed?
But I also think that guns are not the problem, the reason for the violence.
As for the teachers, I don't think it would be a good idea to arm them.
First the chance that the guns are stolen.
Second the teacher would be in higher danger of being shot. I would shoot a teacher first if I knew he is armed. Without letting him get out his gun.
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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
Meanwhile, rates of violent crime in Victim Disarmament Zones like London, Washington DC, Moscow, and Chicago continue their climb.
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source?