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It's always all over the news, "Such a person has been shot and has died". I check the Sky news app on my phone everyday and then when it comes to US News, Something like that always comes up. When I see people discussing it, it's the Americans that get emotional about guns. What is the point of having them? Yes, it was in the 2nd amendment of the Bill of Rights which states that a person has the right to bear arms. This was in a more primitive time where slavery was legal. Since then, we have evolved. I know we still use firearms but they are mainly used to keep control, such as in the armed forces. Firearms were only banned in the UK in 1997 following the Dunblane Massacre and since then there have been no major shootings in the UK since whereas in the USA, since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting there has been at least over 20 more school shootings, and that's just schools. It's disgusting to think that some people would still think that guns are necessary to keep the country under control. Obviously not. I know that you need a license to own a firearm but even that should not be allowed. In my opinion, there would be less crime in America without firearms. Although some people say that firearm laws should not be changed because it was set by the founders of the country but nothing stays the same forever. I believe it is time for that to change. Guns are not the answer. People say that "Guns don't kill, people do" but people kill with weapons, A firearm is the fastest weapon that can be used to kill people. I think Obama can change this. If not, firearm laws should be changed within the next 10 years as we are going through a technological revolution. Devices are getting more advanced. I honestly don't want to see some people, who are not as clever as others, owning a gun. Please, feel free to post your own opinion. I'm not saying that firearms should be banned but I believe that it is a good option to crack down on crime in America

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What you have to consider is that America is a big place much bigger than the UK so more stuffs going to happen just due to the population and if guns were banned there will be the same ammount of murders but different types of murder weapons would be used like if someone woke up and decided to kill someone if they dont have a gun there going to use somethng elese eg knife or car or chainsaw Just my point of view
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OpticFaZexxReloadzz wrote
What you have to consider is that America is a big place much bigger than the UK so more stuffs going to happen just due to the population and if guns were banned just more different murder weapons would be used like if someone woke up and decided to kill someone if they dont have a gun there going to use somethng elese eg knife or car or chainsaw Just my point of view

I agree with you saying that it's a much bigger place and more things are going to happen but if you take out the most popular weapon used in a crime, then there are obviously going to be a lot less murders and it would obviously be a lot harder to kill someone, other weapons may be used but it would not be as easy to kill someone compared to a straight shot in the face
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I don't agree with the decriminalization of guns because they can be used in self defence and gun crime will still happen whether it is illegal or not.
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Streaming wrote I don't agree with the decriminalization of guns because they can be used in self defence and gun crime will still happen whether it is illegal or not.

With the banning of firearms would come the closing down of firearm stores and shooting ranges. Of course it would still happen but it would make it a whole lot harder to happen. I don't agree that it should be used for self defence. If firearms were banned then it would stop a huge amount of people being threatened with guns. Else it would be stupid to wave a firearm in someones faces if they were threatening you a knife and although it would seem logical, that does not stop the person being attacked firing if the attacker was already scared. Plus, if you use a firearm for self defence, what would you do if the attacker somehow managed to disarm you and get the firearm for himself. That would put you in a pretty sticky situation wouldn't you agree?
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Oh boy we got ourselves a flaming liberal here. Ok if we did ban guns nothing would change. Big gangs such as the crips and the bloods or the mexican cartel can just import guns from any other country then if they wanted to they could break into your house and there wouldn't be a damn thing you could do. Call the police? good luck they would be there in 20 minutes.
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Streaming wrote I don't agree with the decriminalization of guns because they can be used in self defence and gun crime will still happen whether it is illegal or not.

With the banning of firearms would come the closing down of firearm stores and shooting ranges. Of course it would still happen but it would make it a whole lot harder to happen. I don't agree that it should be used for self defence. If firearms were banned then it would stop a huge amount of people being threatened with guns. Else it would be stupid to wave a firearm in someones faces if they were threatening you a knife and although it would seem logical, that does not stop the person being attacked firing if the attacker was already scared. Plus, if you use a firearm for self defence, what would you do if the attacker somehow managed to disarm you and get the firearm for himself. That would put you in a pretty sticky situation wouldn't you agree?


If gun stores got closed down, it wouldn't be as hard as you think to buy guns. Do you know how easy it is to buy an illegal firearm in the US?

Also, don't forget gangs/cartels. They would end up making more profit from importing/selling guns.
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"Guns don't kill people. People kill people."

In your topic you want to abolish the problem that is murdering people. If you want to be realistic, then you want to abolish people right? Because its people commiting the crime, ban the weapon they use, they are gonna find another weapon. I hate people who blame guns for all these murders and crimes going on.
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So what I got out of this, you're from the UK? If I'm correct then you honestly cannot speak about this situation, because you do not know what it is like.

If you're are from the US, then you should know that even if they banned guns in the US, people would still get a hold to them. Sorta like they are doing now. There are so many un-registered weapons on the streets right now it would honestly not make a lick of difference. People would kill others to get guns, etc.

And come to the south were just about every southerner owns any kind of gun. I know in my house there are 6 different guns within reach, for protection of course. But I would love to actually see the government try to outlaw guns in anywhere of the country. They'll have more people using their guns then they are now.

I am just saying, if they ban guns to try and stop shootings it won't work. Because if someone wants to shoot up someone or somebody bad enough, they'll do it whether guns are banned or not.
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Saying that banning guns is going to stop anything is a foolish and naive.

Mexico has some of the tightest gun regulations in the world, yet it is a warzone over there.
There is a single gun store in all of Mexico, inside of a military base.

Banning guns isn't going to do anything but put law abiding citizens at risk of not being able to defend themselves and their families.
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