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Originally Posted by RShaw
... the laws as they are now- also designed to keep guns out of the hands of people with ill intent, while at the same time to recognize hunting and target shooting as valid and healthy hobbies.
I do favor somewhat more stringent gun control than that in the US at present, after having lived in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands... and in the US and having lived and seen the differences.
You're right Eugen, it's not too bad in the US!! But yes, the US is a more dangerous place.........
You all have a nice day........
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RShaw, you make some great points. There appear to be many irresponsible and criminal gun owners in the USA and our numbers of gun related deaths and injuries are higher than many countries.
But the question is will more regulation make a difference? I believe the issues are more complex than the quantity and the extent of gun and ammo regulations/restrictions. Increases in education, wholesome family values and other social matters need to be included in the discussions. Simply piling up the regulations doesn't necessarily get the results politicians naively imagine. But their speeches, busy work and well meaning intentions on the topic does tend to garner them some votes from the masses of the uninformed.
A great example are the laws in Illinois. A vast majority of the crime and gun violence in Illinois happens in what us down-staters refer as Chicagoland (Cook county and nearby). Chicago is a dangerous place ....but they have far more gun and ammo regulations than the rest of the state. More regulation has not lowered the crime rate involving guns. Criminals obtain their guns and ammo regardless of the laws, it just costs them more to do so.
I doubt more regulation will reduce the deaths and injuries from that population, culture and fill-in other descriptive adjectives that could use to identify the reasons for such lawlessness and lack of respect for the law and life in general that exists within a segment of that city.
I don't claim to have all the answers. But, I am leery that more regulations on honest, mentally stable, responsible citizens that contribute to society (and who cling to our guns and religion according to Obama) is the simple solution to this complex problem. People must change and not just the laws.
More discussion, study and other social interventions are necessary to solve this problem.