Originally Posted By: 4Salt
So Blackmouth, what's the answer? How do we keep the bad guys from getting guns and committing crimes with them? huh

I've never claimed to have all of the answers, and I think that it would be wise to recognize that evil will always be present. Having said that we could start by enforcing the laws that are currently on the books and if some laws are no longer relevent we should revoke them.

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Originally Posted By: RICH G
You can't prevent it completely, but the best defense is a well armed civilian population. Criminals fear an armed, trained and prepared civilian population way more than the police. Infact the criminals count on the public relying on the police to protect them, those people make good victims....
this line of reasoning.
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