well yeah chicago has a gang problem, but wouldn't you consider guns to be a huge contributor to that problem as a whole? yeah theres other issues like stuffty schooling, horrible housing problems, etc. guns are just another factor, and this applies to cities outside of chicago as well. getting rid of guns wouldnt remove the problem tomorrow obviously, but the deathrate would no doubt go down, and itd be harder for gangs to operate overall. you dont think any sort of additional laws should be passed at all in indiana to help stop this? why? whats the downside? do those benefits outweigh helping to deter 4000+ gun-related incidents per year (using only chicago as an example)? is regulating these weapon sales too much government interference?
again, i dont think something like this specific situation is a catch-all solution to everything, but it helps, and benfits the general public.
It's already illegal for people like felons to own firearms, and there's a federal mandate on dealers to run background checks before all sales.
And I fully support that.
Could more control be beneficial? Maybe. If you have any specific ideas on what kind of legislation would help, I'm open to listening to ideas, but I can't address specific downsides if there's no specific proposal
But the problem is that all the recent legislation I've heard wouldn't actually make a difference, it just sounds nice to people who don't know guns. Take, for example, the call to ban bumpfire stocks after the Vegas shooting. It sounded reasonable at first,
even to me. But then I did more research, and I realized a major flaw with that: you don't need a bumpfire stock in order to bumpfire. You don't need
any sort of special equipment or modification. You can bumpfire with the belt loop on your pants. And thus, banning bumpfire stocks does nothing
do those benefits outweigh helping to deter 4000+ gun-related incidents per year?
I don't like this argument because it reduces my side of the issue to "people dying is fine as long as I keep muh freedoms" when that's really not true
Hell, I've never even owned a gun.
I want the problems fixed, but we're blaming guns for an underlying societal issue instead of addressing the root problem. And when we do ban things, we ban things that don't make a difference, like bumpfire stocks or pistol grips
