Posted by manualblock [ 69.112.38.25 ] on June 12, 2006 at 10:17:42:

In Reply to: Re: Well said (nt) posted by Bill Martinelli on June 12, 2006 at 10:09:57:

Well you bring up a good point Bill; if we outlaw guns then only criminals will have guns; thats the usual rap on that.
But my response is two-fold. One in the majority of civilised countries the laws are concrete. No personal possesion of handguns. We know the crime rates in most of those places are much lowewr than here; especially the deaths from handguns figure. Why doesn't the criminal gun theory operate over there?
Next; thats why I address the manufacture of handguns. Stop making them for private sale; offer a bounty for the remaining guns in the society at large; make it a serious penalty for handgun possesion and a very serious mandatory sentence for any kind of unauthorised use. Fine anyone caught importing them into the country.

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