How do you explain why gun violence decreased when the SCOTUS shot down the unconstitutional ban in Washington D.C. or why Australia's gun rate versus homicide increased when they disarmed their citizens?
Source and stats please. Since the SCOTUS decision just happened about a year ago, I think using any figures from that might not be a true picture, but I would like to see the figures.
You still are missing the gigantic elephant sitting in the room. To purchase a handgun, one must first pass a criminal backround check, the serial number is documented to the owner/purchaser of the weapon, etc. The barrels of handguns are so unique with their lands and grooves that the forensic evidence left behind on a bullet is as damning as any biophysical evidence (semen, fingerprints, blood, etc).
In most states all you need is to fill out the Federal form. The gun is not registered to the owner and the owner can turn around and sell it to any scumbag they want to. The lands and grooves can only be evidence if you access to both the shot bullet and the firearm. The police cannot take a bullet and just magically match it to the original gun.
In fact, ways to circumvent this is through shotguns (sawed-off shotguns in particular) which you seem to think is fine for sporting reasons. They leave no discernable way to trace the weapon of origin in a homicide quite the same way as with a handgun.
OK how often do you hear of a driveby shooting with a shotgun. Most of the crimes are crimes of opportunity. You make it sound like most of these incidents are perpetrated by criminal masterminds. They are not. It is the guy pissed at another for looking at his woman, somy young punks thinking they can make quick cash breaking into a house or business. You know what kind of guns they usually have? Small semi autos. .22's, .25's, .380's and 9MM's. They are not illegal to possess. But a sawed of shotgun? Very illegal, that is breaking of federal laws. You can always say you have a legitimate reason for a handgun, but you can never say you have a legitimate reason for a sawed off shotgun. Your argument does not work.
So what does that mean? That means the people who do purchase weapons used in homicides most often buy off the black market, which is exactly what the laws you promote don't do anything against.
Yes they do. Register all handguns. Transfer registrations when sold. Make the original owner responsible for that hand gun until a registrstion transfer is done.
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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