03-28-2019, 07:26 PM
(03-28-2019, 06:37 PM)Dill Wrote: 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.
I think that the kind of guns available obviously has an effect.