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kiba on July 22, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don’t Jump to Conclusions About the Killer

If you take away easy access to guns then sure the hard criminals will still have guns but the wannabe criminals and the lunatics will do less damage.

Taking away legal access != eliminating easy access to guns. It still may well be the case that it is easy to buy guns on the black market.

On the other hand, you also disarm the population, making them easier target for mass murderer.

pronoiac on July 22, 2012 | [–]

On the other hand, you also disarm the population, making them easier target for mass murderer.

Has a massacre in the US ever been stopped by someone with a gun, who wasn't a cop?

nixme on July 22, 2012 | | [–]

Possibly the Appalachian School of Law shooting, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_School_of_Law_sho...

base698 on July 22, 2012 | [–]

It works so well with drugs. I mean they are illegal and you can't buy them on the street--oh wait.

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