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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ban Guns!!!

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Yes. I’m sure every firearm involved was (1) lawfully purchased; (2) lawfully registered; (3) lawfully carried with a duly issued permit; and (4) lawfully possessed by a person not prohibited from firearms.

[b]Because if any of those things weren’t true, the firearms in question were already “banned.”[/b][/quote]
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Criminals don't grow guns in their garden.  They don't whittle guns out of sticks.  A federal bureau of prisons study of inmates found that fully 80% of guns used in crimes were obtained by various quasi-legal means like having friends or family buy them, straw buys, sketchy dealers and gunrunners, gun shows, et cetera.  Only around 20% were stolen.   Meanwhile that 20% stolen guns number also includes people who were specifically targeted for robbing because the criminals knew you had guns.  So much for guns being a deterrent.

If we mandated traceability and accountability like mandatory registration and periodic checks to ensure people still have the guns they purchased in their possession that would eliminate the 80%.[/quote]

Straw sales, etc., are already unlawful.[/quote]

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