Gun Use?
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I'm kind of conflicted and indifferent to guns. In the hands of responsible people, they are fine for them to have. But within that, why the need for high capacity magazines? Why the need for so many weapons that some people have?
On the other side of it, crimes committed with a gun are most often with an illegally "owned" gun. I think murders commited with illegal guns nationaly far outweigh the number of murders commited with legally owned weapons in the hands of some psychopath like Newtown, Aurora, etc., right?
So, I struggle to see how penalizing legal gun owners impacts common crime with illegal guns, which IMO are the things common citizens see more often and really want reduced.
Here in Chicago for example, we just had the highest murder rate in the country for 2012. Majority commited with guns. Illinois has been the only state without concealed carry, which the Supreme Court just overruled. This was shortly before the Newtown shooting. Everyone expected that the state would comply, but make it terribly expensive to license a gun, require renewal every year, require training, concealed carry license, etc. Probably $600 to carry a concealed weapon. Illinois is nearly bankrupt, so it's a cash grab to get as much $$$ as possible and comply with concealed carry.
So now, who knows what they'll do. So much bullshit common crime against good citizens here in Chicago; have to say that I've been a supporter of concealed carry so that people can better protect themselves. Our police are way understaffed, gang bangers come into downtown and shopping areas and take advantage of this. If the bad guys are going to have guns, why not level the playing field? Statistics show reduction of crime in cities with concealed carry.
So, like I said, I feel conflicted about all of it.