Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Just looking for input. [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)The people who shot the kid did not have an IL FOID, could not pass a background check in a gun store, and the Gun Control Act prohibits interstate handgun sales without going through a licensed dealer in the buyer's state of residence. Also, the Wright-Rossi and other studies showed that criminals don't go to gun stores or gun shows. They are not in the habit of filling out federal forms asking personal questions. If Sara Palin, or Joe Biden for that matter, came to my house, it would be a federal crime for me to sell or give them a gun simply because they are not residents of my state.
Brazil and Mexico have even stricter gun control laws. How is that working out? Heroin has been banned for over a century, yet it kills more people than guns.
Australia doesn't ban handguns either. The ban was semi-auto and pump-action long guns. Even then they were confiscated from licensed gun owners and the guns were registered. It had no effect on basement made machine guns used by biker gangs.
Out of the fifteen peer-reviewed studies that looked at the effects of the National Firearms Agreement, there is no evidence of cause and effect.
Did you know that when ice cream sales go up, shark attacks go up? That's true.
The problem isn't gun laws, it is the GINI Coefficient and culture. We have more wealth inequality than Canada. Mexico and Brazil have more than we do.
BTW, if Indiana is the reason Chicago has a gang problem, why doesn't Indiana have the same problem? Why doesn't El Paso have an even worse problem?