Our media does a fine job at brainwashing this nation. Take Gun Control for instance. Will making "LEGAL" guns more difficult for legal owners to purchase and own reduce crime. In a word "NO"... Criminals do not buy guns from the local gun shop. They A) Steal them B) trade them for drugs C) buy them from illegal sources that have likely obtained them using Method A and or B.
Even if another gun is never sold in this country, 100 Million guns are already owned by the public. Add to that the Millions of illegal guns out there, and the millions more that arrive every year from other countries. Unless Mister Obama plans to send troops to every single house, car, business, warehouse, and barn, there will still be hundreds of millions of guns in this country...
Personally, I'm all for private gun ownership. I know for a FACT that it takes the police up to 20 minutes to respond to a 911 call. Assuming the bump in the night that I just heard was someone kicking in my back door. That gives them 19 and 1/2 minutes to rob, rape and murder my family while I wait for the first police officer to show up.
Alarm system? Sure, I have one, and pay 50 bucks a month to have it monitored, but any Monkey can cut my phone lines which hang on the outside of my home. Sure, I have a cell backup, which can be jammed with a $99 portable cell phone jammer available from many Chinese electronics distributors.
Until the Police / Government can Guarantee my personal safety 100% of the time, everywhere I go, then I deserve the right to own a firearm and be able to use it to protect myself and my family.
The key to reducing gun crimes is to make the punishment so incredibly harsh that no one will ever consider using a gun to commit a criminal offense. Let's say 50 years with no Parole for anyone committing any crime while in the possession of any weapon (gun, knife, club). If they commit a crime, and threaten or use a weapon, give them LIFE in Prison, no if ands or buts... Oh, and give everyone involved the same Life sentence. So if 3 guys rob a store, and 1 has a knife and uses it, they all get the same punishment. Get caught with a stolen gun, 50 years in prison.
Alcohol is involved in 75% of violent crimes.. Wouldn't banning alcohol be more effective than banning firearms which are used for many fewer crimes :-p
My my 2 cents worth..
