Reply #91: No you weren't. Did you un-ignore the thead and read the OP to which you responded?

[aikoaiko]

The post you responded to (see below) was saying that escalating gun control is not helping because it doesn't keep guns out of criminals' hands.

You made the case (without a bit of sarcasm) that because illicit drug are illegal there are fewer of them, and that making handguns illegal would make for fewer of them.

You cannot revise this history. Just admit you either lied or failed to remember what you wrote.

Nabeshin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-08-08 11:27 AM
Original message
You can take guns away from law-abiding citizens, but not from these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrucqUaaZE

Take a good look at who's responsible for the thousands of yearly gun murders in the US. Mass shootings like Columbine and Virginia Tech can grab headlines, but those events are little more than statistical noise. The lion's share of firearm killings are committed by people like the guys in this video, usually because someone was muscling in on their drug turf, disrespecting them, or for some other reason incomprehensible to anyone with more emotional maturity than a 5-year-old.

And you can bet that no one in this video purchased their firearms legally. Virtually all of them probably have felony records that would stop any legal purchase attempt cold. As long as you can get rich slinging dope, dealers will find a way to get the tools of the trade.

The only way to shut these guys down for good is to legalize drugs, eliminating the source of the cash you see them waving around. But no one in Washington has the courage to come out and say that, so we're stuck with our high murder rate and escalating gun control laws that do nothing to change it.

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