Quote Originally Posted by TIGERJC
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Gun control doesn't work (can never work) when it is still easy to get guns illegally.
You're playing with words. It's an oxymoron. Guns will NEVER be able to be kept out of the hands of ANY determined CRIMINAL. CRIMINAL is the key word here. Look at drugs as an example. They are illegal and have been for eons. Has consumption gone down? NO. Has trafficking stopped? NO. Has "drug related" crimes gone down? NO. So exactly what has the fact that drugs are "illegal" done to better the drug situation? Absolutely nothing. Why? Because the consumers, in this case drug users, don't give two dead fucks about it being legal or illegal. They want it, so they go get it. Same exact thing happens with illegal gun purchases. The criminal doesn't give a rat's behind what the laws of the land are, after all he/she just breaks them or they wouldn't be a "criminal", so they go and get whatever it is that they need. As a matter of fact, most of the time is at crack head prices you nor I could ever dream of getting when we bought our guns at the store.

So the answer has nothing to do with the obvious. Guns will always find their way into the hands of someone who shouldn't have one. Sometimes the best offense is a good defense.


But there is no way you can compare the inner city to the suburbs or the mtns (totally different surrounding).
Why not? Is someone less dead in the city than when they die in the suburbs? Is rape different when it's performed in the inner city as opposed to the burbs? Do the cars in the inner city have less wheels and run on different gas than in the burbs? So exactly what is the "difference" as it relates to crime rates?


I guess I am one of those ppl that believe crime is related to poverty, education,and the community.
How?