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<blockquote data-quote="perfecxionX" data-source="post: 7408696" data-attributes="member: 572854">Even if that is true, it certainly doesn&#039;t mean that they are as easy to get illegally as they would be if they were legal.&nbsp; You could really say the same thing about any illegal activity.&nbsp; Why criminalize murder as a preventative measure if people are just going to do it anyways?&nbsp; No one would claim that simply outlawing something will completely eliminate it.&nbsp; But certainly outlawing it will reduce it.&nbsp; Anti aircraft rockets are illegal.&nbsp; Tell me where to buy one if the ban on anti aircraft rockets is apparently so ineffective.Like i said gun accidents are not of primary concern (however i may support a law that requires a lock on guns in a home where children live). Outside of target shooting, guns are made with the exclusive purpose of hurting/killing things.&nbsp; Very few people use their cars as weapons,&nbsp; and as i said, my primary concern is of the weapons that allow people to do things like the Virginia tech massacre -- again another high capacity magazine in the hands of someone with a psychiatric history that resulted in&nbsp; 33 dead and 25 injured&nbsp; in a short period of time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="perfecxionX, post: 7408696, member: 572854"] Even if that is true, it certainly doesn't mean that they are as easy to get illegally as they would be if they were legal. You could really say the same thing about any illegal activity. Why criminalize murder as a preventative measure if people are just going to do it anyways? No one would claim that simply outlawing something will completely eliminate it. But certainly outlawing it will reduce it. Anti aircraft rockets are illegal. Tell me where to buy one if the ban on anti aircraft rockets is apparently so ineffective. Like i said gun accidents are not of primary concern (however i may support a law that requires a lock on guns in a home where children live). Outside of target shooting, guns are made with the exclusive purpose of hurting/killing things. Very few people use their cars as weapons, and as i said, my primary concern is of the weapons that allow people to do things like the Virginia tech massacre -- again another high capacity magazine in the hands of someone with a psychiatric history that resulted in 33 dead and 25 injured in a short period of time. [/QUOTE]

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