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The only thing that i think would work is the stratagy that was used in the case United States vs Miller

But, even then, you can't ban guns because of the second amendment. Even if you exploit the wording.

Guns arn't dangerous. Only people are dangerous. A gun is only as evil as the person who holds it.

Thats a state by state thing. Here in NC you can buy a rifle or shot gun on the spot and do not need any sort of paper work.

Law enforcements can only do so much. Take this scenario for instance. We all knwo that if you take guns away form the people, the criminles will most asuredly still have theirs. HOnost peopel how ever will not have a fire arm in their house, and criminles will rely on this

A burgler breaks into a home. Th eowner of the home confronts him. The brugler pulls a gun on the man. The burgler then proceeds to eaither shoot or rob the man blind while he stands there and watches. The man is unable to contact the police, and if he is its assurd that by the time the police arrive the burgler will be gone.

Now, if that man had a gun, he could prtect his house and call the police, mackign the burgler sit there untill they arrive.

I'll say it again. Guns are not dangerous. People are.

Alright let's try this again. XD

Basically in Canada there's aren't a lot of people with handguns anyway so it's not the same as in America where you go "Oh well what if someone..." then various senarios because chances are that the person wouldn't own a handgun. LOTS of people own rifles however. There are quite a few people here in Canada that still hunt and fish for food, not as a main diet of course but you know what I mean.

Other than that banning handguns would reduce the amount of handguns available to not just the general public, but criminals as well. There would no longer be an opportunity for people to buy handguns legally and then sell them illegally, there wouldn't be anymore people stealing legally bought handguns etc.

Also, not that this is a MAJOR problem here but I'd like to point out the fact that the kids involved in the Columbine shooting bought all the guns that the used completely legally.

Now would this stop EVERYONE? No, but it would stop a lot of people. If they wanted to commit something like a school shooting it would be a lot more difficult to get a rifle into school then a handgun.

For the gang thing it wouldn't really give them a whole lot of power. Allowing gang members to get ahold of guns easier won't reduce crime.

The only purpose of having a gun is to use it against someone, or some animal, violently.

I just don't get the appeal. Being able to kill with a little weapon has some sort of a draw?

It just... I don't know. Guns aren't something I find useful or conducive to society.

The situation is Cannada is much diffrent then in America. Also, a hand gun and a rifle are two very diffrent peaces of machinery, used in diffrent way, to obtain the same goal. Rifle can be large and bulky, and are not as easly stored or kept nere. Incase of a break in, a peron would have to grab his rifle (most likely form a locked gun safe) load it and heft it up, all in the process mackign quite a bit of noise, allertign how ever broke into their house. Possibly the only gun that would work in this scenario is not a rifle, but a shot gun. Most likely a 12 gauge pump action with the shortest barrel legaly available.

No, they would obtain them illigly and sell them illigly. Banning guns would only make illigle gun possesion higher and worseand would also increase the outlets for illgile weaponry.

Those kids didn't buy the guns, they stole them from their parents. The problme here was not guns, it was people.

It would only stop the honost people. School shootign won't stop either. If a kid realy wanted a gun, he'd find one, escpecialy in this contry.


Again, here, it not the guns that are the problem. Its the people. Even if you make handguns illigle these kids will still have guns

ANd the biggest problem is that, in America, you can't make any type of fire arm illigle.

I don't hunt or attack people. For me if I have a lot of stress and I can't go dancing or horseback riding I go down to a shooting range and fire. Only reason I want to have the concelled carry is because I've been raped twice (three times if you count just penetration and the guy doesn't orgasm as rape) and I'd want to basically blow the guys balls off.