Sorry Rekna, I vehemently disagree with you on that. Gangs for the most part do not own "lawful" guns. I won't even go into all that is wrong with the Muslim gerneralization.
Unless, we invoke the NO ONE AT ALL has guns theory. I could be for that if you could guarantee me that no one else has a gun, thereby negating my need for one (something like that).
Gangs shoot each other because they are criminals engaged in criminal activity. Most people, and lawful citizens who own guns do NOT go around shooting them off randomly.
Furthermore, I would be willing to bet that if everyone owned guns, then people would be LESS likely to get into fights or shoot them off (sort of a mini MAD effect). Besides, many bars and places of entertainment already have "No Weapons" policies and metal detectors. The problem with "gun control" and like-minded attitudes, is that type of thinking will leave lawful citizens without the means to protect themselves against the criminals who have "illegal" guns.
Put it this way; if you were a criminal, would you be more or less likely to attack, assualt, rob etc a person if you knew or suspected your intended victim had a gun? Criminlas for the most part are "path of least resistance" operators. They usually don't choose big, buff macho marines to rob or assault. They pick their victims based on ease of success, opportunity etc. A criminal will be less likely to attack someone if the probablility existed they had a gun.
Classic example: criminals scope their potential targets - The house with the NRA sticker, marines flag and big Chevy truck parked out front? Or, house with the Grateful Dead stickers, Greenpeace flag and hybrid car in the driveway?
The other problem with your argument is the claim that more guns = more gun related deaths. Well, then we should ban swimming pools because if we build more swimming pools then there will be more swimming pool related deaths. Incidentally, more people die from swimming pool related deaths than hand guns in the US.
Maybe we should ban cars and bacon since both of those cause way more deaths.
(sorry for the hasty and abrubt post, I'm in a rush).
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