8 homicides in 1 day.

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(09-10-2015, 12:00 AM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: Home burglaries, gangs, thugs, crooked cops.

Heck, there are websites that you can buy guns without a background check.  These places get away with it because of a loophole in FFLs that allow them to sell assault rifles and the like that you have to assemble yourself.  I've never purchased one in that manner because I don't trust them, nor would I ever purchase one in that manner.

I'll just simply say that I've always complied with government rules and regulations for firearms, but if the time came that it was either too big of a pain in the ass or illegal to purchase, I would go the illegal route. 

I'm a big believer in the law, but the law can't do anything to protect my family or myself until afterwards.  

I guess I just don't understand where you are coming from.  You present a viewpoint that seems to indicate guns are essential to protect yourself and your family but also worry about laws making attaining guns too much of a hassle.  In my mind, if I value something to that extent or think it is that important I would jump through the hoops, but that's just me.

You also mention people selling assault rifles to anyone, possibly criminals or the mentally unstable, through a loophole.  So why don't we see this loophole closed and the people who do the selling given lengthy prison sentences deserved by those who arm criminals?  It's just odd that you specifically cite things that seem "wrong" but your final word is that there is no hope of actually changing anything so why bother.

It just seems the simplest reason people talk about gun control being pointless are the ones who want to sell guns to criminals (think of that untapped market) and then sell more guns to non-criminals to save them from the armed criminals they just created.  Get people to believe that gun control is absolutely pointless and then just sell everyone as many guns as possible.  Sounds like simple capitalism at work.