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Post by trapperdave on Jan 30, 2013 5:10:34 GMT -5
not only is it cost prohibitive...imagine the backlog...weeks of waiting for a background check
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Post by Russ Koon on Jan 31, 2013 16:09:05 GMT -5
Believable estimates of defensive use of firearms in preventing or defending against criminals ranges from 2.5 million cases a year down to a little over 1.5 million instances, depending on the source.
The president says increased limits on who can legally buy a gun will be worth it if they "only save one child".
There is no accounting whatever for the other side of such increased restriction....the number of increased victims of armed criminals due to the victims being unable to legally purchase a firearm for protection.
Hard to say what percentage of the 2 million plus users of a firearm in self-defense or defending home and family would be prevented from obtaining one by whatever tightening of the restrictions might occur, or how many of them will die as a result.....but I'd guess it will be more than one.
Also hard to predict how many seriously disturbed people will be deterred from a mass killing by their inability to legally purchase a firearm....but I'd guess it won't be many.
Actions have consequences, and often they are not the ones intended. Even if we accept the best intentions for those proposing additional restrictions, they appear to have much greater potential for harm than for measurable improvement.
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