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- jfletcher0
I have to say, as far as the argument of "banning guns won't help because criminals will still get them"... I lived in the US most of my life. In DC (tons of shootings... daily during some years), and Seattle (less shootings, but not uncommon). I now live in Holland where you can get a gun, but it it damn hard... near impossible without like 2-3 years of regular training and usage. How many shootings have I heard about in the past year here? 0.
I'm sure there have been shooting deaths, but not once a week/day...
Sure, major criminals will get them, the mafia will get them, but 16 year old kids won't have easy access. Sure, you can bring up the Norway guy, but he was a single person, and clearly intent on killing people. Those people will find a way, no matter what. Timothy Mcvey proved that. You don't need guns to kill people if that is your true intent.
So don't try that argument. Removing guns is valid to slow down plenty of shootings. You want to keep guns, be prepared for stuff like this. It's a trade off.
As a last note, I took gun safety courses, I went to the firing range, I thought about purchasing a gun. However if someone said "look, let's remove these, it might help save a lot of lives, and reduce crime... can you put your personal desires off for the betterment of our country?" I'd say sure. I wish more people could try to allow the needs of the many to outweigh their personal desires of things that *want, not *need. We [the US] doesn't need to make them illegal, but just much stricter laws.