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Originally Posted by longbough
I’ve made these points before and I will continue to say the same things as long as you ask the same questions.
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Then the questions must change. What steps are being taken to prevent straw purchases? Why not simply hold both the seller and the purchaser responsible for a serious crime? Don't guns have registration numbers? Can't one track down both the retailer and the owner if a gun is used in a crime? If an honest person's gun is stolen, they report it immediatally, that way someone knows that the gun is missing and they are able to mark that guns registration number as 'stolen'. If someone doesn't report it stolen, then they are charged with an accessory type charge if the gun is used to commit a crime, or at least for a gun trafficing charge if the gun isn't used in a crime.
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Originally Posted by longbough
Contrary to how it may sound, I’m not making the case to arm more civilians nor to make firearms more universally available to the public. Some degree of legislation is certainly in order as well as the funding for resources to address underlying social problems as well as the means to fight criminal activity – but a comprehensive gun-ban is NOT the solution. I think it’s important to enact laws that would have a more SPECIFIC effect on the availability of handguns to the criminal population.
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If that's true, then San Francisco has made a serious mistake. This wouldn't be the first time Americans have voted for something without researching it beforehand. Had it been on the San Jose ballot (my ballot), I would have done this research back in October. At this point it seems on the surface to be simply acedemic, but if I can get to the botttom of something, I consider it to be time well spent. I will always want to take all the guns away from all the criminals, then take all the guns from everyone else, but that probably won't ever happen. Of course, something being impossible has never stopped me before. I still think I can get the corruption out of both government and corporations.