Quote (Santara @ Jun 20 2013 12:40pm)
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the thing i have against this kind of logic is that law abiding citizens dont become criminals until they fire their weapon, ie law abiding citizens can still commit crimes with firearms (becoming criminals). "criminals" having too many guns assumes that one is committing crime BEFORE having access to or using a firearm. but law abiding citizens can commit their first crime by illegally (or just inappropriately) using their firearm as well. one instance comes to mind where a man legally possessing a firearm in his car shoots up a truck full of black kids because they were being idiots and cussing at him. were the kids being fucking dumbasses? yes. did they scare this man enough to fear for his life? maybe. would the deaths and injuries to the kids have been spared if this man did not have access to a pistol? absolutely
the point of gun buybacks are to reduce the number of weapons that are in circulation even if the effects wont be seen for a generation or two.