Comments on: Will a Gun Ban Really Work?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:58:07 +0000

Your report was excellent. I am so sick of all of these people who want to willingly give up their freedom for supposed “safety”. I stand by Benjamin Franklin:

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. “

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:55:59 +0000

What report by Senator Charles E. Schumer. You need to site this somewhere in your essay.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:30:55 +0000

Wow! Thank you for the constructive comment. I am actually currently writing a second gun ban essay for my English class and these are some great things to bring up and to help support it.

On your forth note though, aren’t gun show dealers also black market? I will look it up…

Thanks,
Jonah

By: Sudo Riviera

Sudo Riviera — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:11:25 +0000

Your analysis of the Australian gun-ban is spot on. However, in most US states gun purchases aren’t registered with the government, so criminals avoid gun-shops for other reasons –

1. Nice guns are expensive. Guns used in crimes do not require excellent craftsmanship, and should not be kept around after the crime!

2. A lot of criminals are already barred from legal gun purchases due to prior convictions etc.

3. A lot of criminals are poor, and prefer the cheap used, stolen, or inferior guns on the black market.

4. I don’t have the data, but I suspect a lot of crime guns were acquired neither at shops nor on the black market, but from private sellers at gunshows who do not have to run background checks on buyers.