Missourian
Diamond Member
You get black market gun dealers to agree to background checks then we can talk.
Black market gun supply will diminish if gun manufacturers stopped making guns and if bullets became expensive through government taxes and if we treated gun trafficking like drug trafficking. Mandatory 10 year sentence for anyone carrying guns unless a very very special permit is obtained and approved for you. That's how I'd like to see America become.
Its not because I am a control freak. It's because I am a safety-freak.
Are you so ignorant not to know most firearms are made in other countries, as is most ammo. There are US manufactures but their the minority. Gun trafficking prosecutions are way down in the current administration, I wonder why?
You say you're a safety freak, why do you feel unsafe, has someone threatened you with a firearm or you just have a irrational fear of law abiding people?
I do not fear one bit unsafe or in danger in most places I go to. My fear of safety is not for myself alone. In case you've not been reading my posts, I worry about safety of our citizens including my family and friends but also the Newtown kids who died in CT 3 years ago.
Other countries can manufacture all the weapons and ammos they want. If we imposed restrictions on imports, then how will they get the weapons and ammo in here? We regulate alcohol, cigarettes, drugs. And we have many prohibitions on goods and services including prostitution. It doesn't mean it's 100% fool proof. It means we control it, prevent it and try to keep a lid on it as best as we can but it doesn't prevent a spill just because you cover it with a lid.
Tell me, who respects those regulations?
With proper set of laws and enough deterrence such and enforcement and punishment, everyone will respect the laws and reduce gun proliferation.
Easy really to understand this: I respect speeding laws, not because I don't like to speed. It's because I don't like to get tickets. I know I can drive safely up to 120MPH. I know I may be foolish to think that but tha't s bnesides the point. For me the deterrence is the punishment, not safety.
Same for gun owners. They will stop buying guns if we fined them for having guns.
It's worked so well with the drug trade...