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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
I feel that under current gun control laws, the most effective way to prevent crime is to establish draconian laws to punish those caught using them in the commission of a crime. If you have a gun on your person and you commit a crime, you should be given double the maximum sentence with no chance of parole. Life in prison with no chance of parole for anyone who commits a violent crime while in posession of a gun, whether or not it is used, sounds reasonable to me. Anyone, dealer or individual, who illegally provides a gun to anyone who uses it in a criminal manner, should be prosecuted for any crime that is committed with that gun. I firmly believe that laws like these, rather than outright bans, would dramatically reduce gun violence.
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I don't disagree. Harsher punishments for the criminal use of handguns should be a priority. There should also be tighter controls on the manufacture and sale of handguns as well.
The fact is that criminals are getting their guns from somewhere. It isn't like the vast majority of handguns are homemade. They are manufactured by reputable corporations.