People are killing People !

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Guns don't kill people, ...oh wait, they do.

From John McCain's official website:

Protecting Second Amendment Rights
John McCain believes that the right of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is a fundamental, individual Constitutional right that we have a sacred duty to protect. We have a responsibility to ensure that criminals who violate the law are prosecuted to the fullest, rather than restricting the rights of law abiding citizens. Gun control is a proven failure in fighting crime. Law abiding citizens should not be asked to give up their rights because of criminals - criminals who ignore gun control laws anyway.

Notice the BOLD area I highlighted. I'd like to reference this "proven" fact against data collected from other countries that ban citizens from carrying weapons and see if they are more lawless than America. For some reason, I honestly doubt that.

For those arguing Guns don't kill people, people kill people, then can you explain to me why we have so many mundane laws to protect ourselves, such as the seatbelt law here in America? You don't give a homicidal maniac a knife while talking to his psychiatrist, nor would you leave a lighter in children's reach. Some activities things are just plain incorrect, and others are so-so, such as the seatbelt law. In the case of guns, it seems logical that removing guns from citizens hands might not stop all violence, but would definitely prevent a lot of senseless murders, especially from gang-bangers and the like. How to these gang-members get guns anyhow, much less illegal guns like fully-automatics?

There's another can of worms, if criminals have access to guns rather they are legal or not and normal citizens do not, how is one suppose to protect oneself? Still, I think making guns illegal (a Felony) for citizens would reduce the sheer amount of weapons dramatically entering this country and eventually not be so much of a problem for only criminals possessing them.

Just my 2-cents.