Azure, your whole argument is pinned on the theory that gun control laws will not impact criminals being able to get their hands on firearms. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police would seem to disagree with that assessment. Gun control laws make it MORE DIFFICULT for criminal elements to get their hands on weapons. Weapons violations lead to search warrants lead to an unravelling of various criminal activities as was the case with the link I provided earlier.
I think it is pretty clear that:
"making it more difficult for criminals and the mentally diseased to gain access to weapons" > "sportsman's need to target shoot with assault rifle"
unless you have seriously convinced yourself gun control has no impact whatsoever on the ability of criminals and the mentally diseased to get their hands on guns. Which is an extremely tenuous position to take considering how many police associations would be in disagreement with you.
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