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I'd agree with that. I think mental health care needs to be improved rather than changing gun laws.
The point that I was going to type was also brought up. You can't just make them illegal and they'll instantly go up in price. As Crono said, there are far too many already out there. If some sort of mandate went into place, there's no way that these guns would all get taken. I'd say less than half the guns that there are would actually be confiscated.
Also, some quick stats.
Firearm homicides in the US (2013): 11,208
Number of people killed in mass shootings in the US in the past 7 years: 934
Don't tell me how many more people are killed in mass shootings as opposed to other firearm homicide. If the goal is to keep people safe, the target should not be the mass shootings.
Fix the mental healthcare to stop that, not the gun laws.
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Yeah I think I'd have to agree, I wasn't really aware how many people actually owned guns and looking at it now it doesn't seem at all feasible to issue a ban.
I still stand by what I said though. Those figures show all homicides, so unless you're going to be carrying a gun with you at all times you're not going to be able to defend yourself. If you look at
homicides through burglury (which are likely the only time you are going to be able to defend yourself with a gun) then it's much lower.
Mental illness is a massive issue that definitely needs more help. Similarly with banning guns though, you can't just stop it and although a lot can be done to help people going through it there's no "cure" as such.
Just within the past few hours this happen in Paris, I guess it really shows how this can happen in a country with fairly strict gun laws -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro...e=news_central