I'm a pacifist here, but I think the gun control lobby misses the reality of gun crime. The percentage of gun-related crimes using registered and legal firearms is incredibly small. Most druggies and nutjobs looking for an item to steal and pawn for their next hit are likely not your middle class dad going to the shooting range on Sunday afternoon.
I think the greater issue here is the sick society with its skewed morals and priorities. It could just as easily have been a stabbing. When someone begins to value things over and above people one can only wonder what else is mixed up in their mind. It can be coats, shoes, hats, ad nauseum. What sort of arrested development are we dealing with? Teen boys with their baggy clothes, hats on sideways...absolutely ridiculous and childish.
sigh...
Note: I'm in canada where nobody can legally carry a sidearm or long gun. All guns of any type must be registered, and owners/purchasers must hold a valid permit with photo id, guns must be stored and transported in a locked case, with trigger locks, and ammunition stored separately in a locked container. The people who shoot others at nightclubs on downtown Toronto at 2 am do none of the above, and they get their guns and ammo through the black market. Gun control just makes the black market more lucrative for all parties and leads to an increase in violent crimes involving guns. It is like drugs, same thing. Announce a war on drugs and the black market booms. its a profitable racket.
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