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What the fuck gun laws do you make to keep CRIMINALS who are not allowed to own or purchase guns from doing so? Any new gun law will have no affect on the criminals. Only those trying to defend themselves legally.
A significant number of guns used in crimes are stolen from legal gun-owners. With legal guns less prevalent, the people you refer to would have less access to them as well. You could require better care in storage of guns, so that they can't be stolen as easily. You could increase funding for combating illegal gun trafficking. I'm not saying these are good solutions to the issue, but there are a lot of things one could do through the law to help keep guns away from criminals.
They also can't be stolen if they're carried around by the owner and used to kill the person threatening people's lives. Not enough finding out these days. Too many gang members expecting to just get a slap on the wrist. If they start dropping like flies we would hopefully see less gang members fucking around.
There is so much data from decades of crime research that shows that is not how crime prevention works.
Not all gun crime is committed by previously convicted CRIMINALS. Do you think a high schooler getting ahold of dad's gun and shooting up their school has been previously convicted?? Mental health issues for sure but an existing CRIMINAL record is doubtful.
And the whole good guys with gun stuff is absolute bullshit. Fat lot of good it does when the "good guys" wait outside while a shooting takes place because they're too scared for their own lives to put their "good guy" guns to good use. So I guess your feelings must basically be fuck the victims then? Would you like to blame the victims while you're at it? They picked a bad day to show up to class, should've stayed home right?
Get your head out of your ass and your ass out of the sand. This definitely isn't some clear cut easy issue, but if you ask me the answer to world record levels of gun crime isn't to sit back and do nothing because it might take a gun away from some theoretical, law abiding good guy.
And mind you, I am a law abiding gun owner. I've done sport shooting and a little hunting since I was old enough to take hunters safety. And guess what. I didn't have to do a damn thing for my gun. No application, no permit, no mental health evaluation, no background check.. I literally don't have a driver's license because that is more difficult to obtain than a fucking gun! If that's not fubar to you then IMHO you're hopeless. Sorry to be that way but idk how you even get so deep up inside the NRA's asshole and I'm definitely not diving in to get you.
I believe in the second amendment and I know there are responsible gun owners out there. That does not automatically mean that people should die just so that I and others like me don't have to go through some fucking paperwork to obtain something designed to kill.