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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any shotgun can be a deadly weapon if misused.

A person can literally make the ammunition for a black powder firearm at home.

How does registering any firearm prevent crime?  If it is so effective, why has DC had so much violent crime when it has had gun registration since the 70's?

The fundamental premise of "gun control " uniformly is that more and more laws somehow will result in less crime, but that never happens because, by definition, criminals do not obey the law.  Instead, decent people have their freedom abridged.

Endless debates about fanciful "solutions" does not move the ball down the field. Nor does the positing of practically and legally unenforceable draconian fantasies, especially those formulated with absolutely no understanding of how firearms work, what the present status of the law is, and what the actual utility of firearms is.

Decent people should not be deprived of the efficacious means of self defense because criminals misuse firearms.

What should we be doing to criminals to prevent them from misusing firearms and otherwise committing violent crimes?[/quote]

This all or nothing argument is what got is where we are.  You don’t get to tell me I don’t get to have a conversation about how to protect myself from a dangerous thing just because I don’t understand the inner workings of it.

Guns need more  common sense regulation, not less. More restrictions on purchasing, ownership, usage, storage, and fitness of the owner.  Decent people who want to ensure only decent people have access to dangerous weapons will surely  want to have a respectful and reasoned conversation with other citizens to make sure that we have safe and effective laws that keep guns from criminals.

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Respectful and reasoned. "Common sense."  Safe and effective. Of course.

DC has at least the following gun laws:

1. All firearms must be registered. 
2. Unlawful to possess unregistered firearm. 
3. Unlawful to possess ammunition without registered firearm. No purchase of ammunition without registration certificate.
4. Lengthy list of banned long guns by name and/or characteristics. 
5. Specified list of handguns allowed -- no "Saturday Night Specials."
6. Unlawful to carry firearm openly. 
7. Unlawful to carry pistol without a license.
8. Training with actual target exam required for license. 
9. Places where licensed pistol can be carried highly restricted. 
10. Ammunition carried with licensed pistol extremely limited. 
11. No open or vehicular long gun carry. 
12. No possession of firearms or ammunition by minors, prohibited persons (felons, drug users, violent mentally ill).  Straw purchases unlawful. 
13. No private sale of firearms.  Only one licensed dealer in the City. No out of state, internet or mail order sales. 
14. Prepurchase safety training. 
15. Background check on all purchases, including mental health records. 
16. Longstanding (at least the 1970's) limit to 10 round magazine capacity. 
17. Negligent firearm use unlawful 
18. Criminal firearm use unlawful. 
19. Use of firearm in crime of violence, drug crime, etc., unlawful.
20. Discharge of firearms (other than self defense) prohibited in DC.

If all of these have failed to prevent criminal violence, what will do that, as opposed to sounding good or making someone "feel" safer while doing nothing to punish or deter the ruthless thugs who seem to act with impunity in the face of all existing restrictions?

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