If Guns Were As Regulated As Cars

[krispos42]

22. Facts.

Point 1: In any given year, there are about 15,000 homicides in the US. Since most incidents have a single victim, that means that every year, there are about 14,000 people that murder another.

In other words, about 14,000 murderers. Do you magically think that 9,000 of them are just going to go home and pout instead of getting something else?



Point 2: The Assault Weapons Ban expired on September 14th, 2004. That means it was at its absolute most effective on September 13th, 2004. Yet by your own source you note that they've been increasing slightly since 2002. In other words, during the last 2¾ years of the ban. The most effective 2¾ years.

Point 3: There is no gun show loophole. There are only two kinds of sales: purchases from federally licensed dealers, and purchases from private individuals. Purchases from a FFL must go through a background check, purchases from a private dealer do not (I'm talking federal law; state law may vary). Your geographic coordinates do not matter. Doubtless the guy was talking about finding a private seller at a gun show. You know, a gun show, where a bunch of people form a cluster of commerce and buy and sell stuff.