• @MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    Kind of self-explanatory. People who are willing to commit crime with guns also don’t care if law forbids them owning one.

    • Which is why when you pull back the layers, most efforts to curb gun ownership ultimately leads to full confiscation and bans. Restrictions won’t do what they want.

      • @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        That’s not true. Banning felons from having guns allows the police to arrest them before a new crime is committed, because they are breaking the gun possession law. They don’t have to wait until the eventual robbery or whatever is in progress.

        It also adds another crime to tack on after the fact to get a confession more easily. It’s easier to prove that a felon possessed a gun than to examine their intent in a minor robbery (robbery vs assault vs attempted murder).

        • Felons are already prohibited from firearm posession… and have been for quite some time. Violent offenders are regularly released back into the streets. Not sure what your point is.

          • @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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            21 year ago

            You said:

            Restrictions won’t do what they want

            I provided some examples of how that gun restriction helps prosecute repeat offenders.