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(03-28-2019, 02:22 PM)Beaker Wrote: Criminals and crazy people will always find ways to get their hands on guns.  I forget which school shooting it was, but one of the shooters stole registered guns from his parents gun safe to commit the crime. So here you had registered guns owned by responsible, non-crazy citizens who even kept the guns in a safe. Like I said, I think tougher sentences would be more of a deterrent...to those who may be considering a crime. But in some cases, like my example, it's going to be carried out anyway.

I'm not sold that tougher sentences deter. 
A question though, do you think it makes a difference if a kid can steal a semi automatic weapon from his parents but NOT a fully automatic?
I ask because it seems to me restrictions on certain kinds of weapons do have the effect of reducing circulation and accessibility.  Very difficult for criminals to get their hands on a .50 cal. machine gun. But if such guns were subject to only the same restrictions as handguns and assault rifles, I think we'd see a lot more involved in mass shootings and the like--with a whole new level of damage/lethality.