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Subject: Re: Re: Don't restrict MY access to handguns just because
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 02:01:37 EST
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> One thing that has always bothered me is that those who support handgun
> control seem to think that it will magicly cut the crime rate.  This is a
> bogus conclusion. It will make all honest, law-abiding citizens get rid of
> their handguns. But the people who commit crimes are CRIMINALS. They don't
> care about your law. If they want a gun, they will get one. Drug laws have
> not eliminated junkies, and similarly, handgun laws will not eliminate
> (or even slow down ) crime. In fact, you will just create a great new
> money-making enterprise for the Mob.

If nothing else, handgun control would cut back on accidental deaths, and
homocides committed by people who are not criminals, but just have a bad
temper. As for the argument, "If handguns are outlawed then only outlaws
will have handguns", at least then we will be able to find the outlaws 
more easily, won't we?  If posession of a handgun were a felony, then it
would be a lot easier to convict people who have committed crimes with
guns, especially if there isn't much evidence besides the gun.

	Wayne