People are killing People !

[Kevin]

Removing civilian rights to own guns would do nothing but make it even easier for the criminals. Criminals will have access to guns whether they're legal or not. At least you can fight back or even prevent it from happening if you have a gun of your own.

I'm not actually for gun control. I don't have a problem with people owning guns and while your argument is correct, it should be noted that it is only correct for a certain time frame. I can't say how long it will take, especially since guns and ammunition do have a relatively long life span if cared for properly. But if you don't let citizens have guns, market forces will cause some gun manufacturers to go out of business (any of them that don't have a contract with a government). If the government collects and removes existing firearms (something I don't want to happen) then the supply dwindles. The hardcore criminals are still going to have and be able to get guns but the sources for them to get them from will be fewer, they will be easier to track, eventually, and you may be able to dry them up.

As others mentioned some of the shootings that have been reported recently very well may have happened as a gallon of gasoline being exploded, it may have no impact at all on the crime that happened to cause this thread. But there are crimes that happen because of guns that would stop. My feeling is many of them would be replaced by other crimes in many cases.

But in the long view, if there is no legit marker to sell guns too, it would be harder for the criminal element to get them, but in the short view things get easier for the criminal, I agree. But again I don't actually agree with this policy. I'm fine with citizens being able to arm themselves. I used to be able to say and I don't even own a gun, but I keep forgetting I actually do. I was given one by my father in law, an old .22 caliber pistol that was used on their farm for shooting pest animals. It's currently in it's fairly decent case at the bottom of a closet and I've never even fired it. I was in the military though I do have weapons training and I've done enough sport firing of rifles to be sure of myself around fire arms but I don't feel the need to have one easily accessible and I don't see the need to prevent others from having them accessible if they like. I think the issues that cause the use of guns for violent crimes should be addressed differently and I also am willing to put up with the price of human lives that will still be lost to guns even if better methods of addressing the roots issues are implemented.