You are totaly missing the point. It does not matter the sentence, crminals/people will still get their hands on guns. People know that killing someone can get u a life sentence or the death penalty. But people still go out and committ murder.. and u totaly skipped over my point about all the deaths that happen by kitchen knives,alcohol and cigs. Do u want to ban all those items too?
Actually... you're missing the point, and you blatantly ignored one of mine.
The point is to REDUCE the amount gun related crimes by REDUCING the availability of guns and INCREASING the punishment for having them illegally. I clearly said you won't completely end gun violence. There will always be people who are evil and want to kill...
BUT LIKE I SAID... Not being able to stop it completely isn't a good reason not to address the problem.
The less guns there are on the streets PERIOD, regardless of whether its illegal or not, the less crimes there will be by sheer availability of guns.
And I ignored your point because it is not the same thing... at all really
Guns are made to KILL people. Knives, Alcohol, and Cigs (although I wouldn't mind banning cigarettes
) sole purpose isn't to kill someone.
If I drink alcohol once... It won't kill me
If I cut up some food... It won't kill me
If I smoke one cigarette.. It won't kill me
If I shoot someone once... there's a good chance they could die, because THAT'S WHAT GUNS ARE FOR!!
Also... If I want to. I can go into a busy city and knock off AT LEAST 10-15 people before anyone could do anything about. If I have a knife... not so much.
It's not just the basic danger of a gun, it's also that fact that it can wreak so much havoc in so little time... And it's much easier to stop someone who has knife than someone with a gun.... So... it's not the same thing
And to the guy who said he doesn't agree my opinions on how to regulate it... That's fine too... I may not even agree with them I was just making it up as I went on. But more strict regulation NEEDS to happen. Even 1 less death per year is better than doing nothing about. That's 1 more life that's saved