Miami1839, I am glad that we agree that there may be other things that we could look at to solve the problem and I agree that guns are often the means to the outcome, though the criminal will use whatever they can to get the upper hand as the Wright-Rossi report found in interviews with over 1500 incarcerated felons. I am from Texas so that should tell you how I feel about capital punsihment. It was once suggested that since 85% of all crime is committed by repeat offenders, if all repeat offenders were executed crime would drop 85%. I believe that is not necessarily a bad idea and would be worth exploring. I totally agree with you on crimes committed with firearms and criminals obtaining or possessing firearms illegally. The NRA Crimestrike program, dubbed Exile by cities that have adopted it, has been more effective in reducing crime than any gun control law has by targeting criminal misuse of firearms. I do agree that there should be some restrictions, but maybe not to the extent that you would like to see. The thing that I disagree with you on is when you say, 'if you eliminate all firearms then you take care of the responsible citizens and the troublemakers.' That is not exactly true. If guns are banned and people must turn them in, the only ones turning them in will be the law abiding citizen. The criminal, by definition, does not follow the laws, hence the term 'criminal'.
OOPS! I didn't see the reply from finest_alum before writing mine, sorry about that. Let me just say, 'Yes, what she said!'
[This message has been edited by Jeff OTMG (edited April 05, 2001).]
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