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Actually, it IS complicated. It is only simple when you are an idiot and choose to ignore the consequences of your actions.
There are many, many times that people use firearms to protect themselves or stop crimes. You want to put innocent citizens at the mercy of thugs, with only their local police to help them. You want to rely on a restraining order to keep a stalked woman alive. You want to bankrupt state conservation efforts and deny food banks and soup kitchens 1.9 million servings of lean, steroid free protein.
No, it is not simple. There are pros and cons to be considered. Basing your policy on a desire to hang scapegoats and the claim that banning guns would stop someone from committing suicide is what is simple. It is simply bullshit.
Guy, other countries ban or limit gun ownership. They have nowhere near our crime rates, they don't have mass shootings every other week.
And sorry, as I said on another thread.
If there really are 100,000 "Defensive Gun Uses" how come there are only 200 gun deaths that are ruled 'justifiable'.
I mean you and Turtlewax and ChrisLooney and Spambot get on here every day and tell us about your fucking snuff fantasies and how you just can't wait to plug a bad guy.
Yet, oddly, here you have the supposed 100,000 people a year (or if you want to believe the clowns like Kleck, 2.5 MILLION) who are pointing a gun at a bad guy during a crime and only 200 of you actually manage to live the dream.