prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) (03/06/85)
<> >>So this means that if we outlaw guns, then 100% of handguns used in crimes >>will be stolen, instead of 50%. Outlawing guns will have the effect of >>causing MORE crime, that is, the crimes committed to steal handguns. There >>is simply no way to completely recover all handguns, the criminals will >>always have them.... >> >> Dennis >So that's the real problem in a nutshell! There are so many guns in the US >that it's too late to do anything about it. Why not then just ban the selling >of amunition. Sooner or later it's bound to run out. Or even better, why not >fill every 100th round with TNT so that it blows off the hand of the person >firing? Should please all the gun collectors on the net too. They just collect >guns and would never dream of using them! > >Moral for us in Europe: Let's make sure we never get into this mess. > >Stange isn't it that I've never heard of a European organisation promoting >the free ownership of guns in Europe? > >Mike Williams Nope, banning the sale of ammunition won't work either. Gun shells can easily be reloaded, and bullets can be made from melting down scrap lead. It is done all the time by gun hobbyists, and obviously can be done also by the criminals. So really all banning the sale of ammunition would do is cause an upsurge in reloading of old ammunition. Also, gunpowder can be made from scratch, too.... Dennis (again) -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland