02-19-2018, 07:31 PM
(02-19-2018, 07:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I think you mean 80% of gun violence is committed by criminals who acquired the firearm illegally.
No I don't mean that at all. The study you posted a link to did not say that at all. Maybe you should have read it. There are plenty of people with no criminal records who commit gun crimes with a gun they did not acquire legally.
(02-19-2018, 07:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Kind of makes you think that a better solution than new gun control laws would be putting criminals behind bars for longer.
Since we can not keep all criminals locked up for their entire lives I say we should try a different approach. Right now a police officer could come in contact with a car with guns, 3 convicted felons, and one person with no felony convictions. If the innocent person claims ownership of all the guns there is nothing the police can do unless they have some way to link the guns to the convicted felons.
(02-19-2018, 07:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I mean, it only worked from 1992-2016.
The study I cited was from 2013. So what makes you say locking criminal up longer was working to keep guns out of the hands of criminals?
