Originally Posted by willravel

What has to be weighted against that is the danger of gun ownership, legal or illegal. The production and distrubution of guns has a direct tie with illegal arms, by which the very criminals who gun owners are trying to stop aquire their weapons. I see it as no different than any other arms producer: bombs, missles, munitions, etc. It is apparent that the producers don't care who the consumers are. As someone who believes in small government, I think it is their responsibility to stop this from happening. Now, obviously they will not stop producing weapons that continue to fall into the wrong hands on their own. Money > morality in most buisnesses, so I would suggest (like I've done in another gun thread) that we simply hold the manufacturer responsible if their weapon is used in a crime (unless the weapon has been stolen from the person who legally purchased it). If they want to stop lawsuits, then they work harder to make sure that their guns are only legally sold and used.