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Originally Posted by transplant99
I dont wanna get involved in all this stuff, but you have NO idea of which you speak when it comes to the bolded part.
I lived there for 11 years, but because i never became a citizen i was not allowed to purchase any firearms legally (not that i tried).
However, I had no shortage of ways to get a hold of pretty much anything i wanted had i chosen too. (and i mean anything from 6 shooters to Ak's)And no its not running down the street of some "ghetto" or anything like that. You seem to have some belief that "black market" means shady people selling them only, and that is entirely and completely not the case.
Guns are everywhere in the US, in ALL levels of classes and have been for generations....which is why "gun control" as most think of it, simply will never ever work in the USA.
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More of a question than a comment. I get what you are saying in the last part for the (non?) gun control argument and it makes sense. But isn't that more of a short term argument? I would think that eventually, even if it takes 50-100 years, having a certain amount of gun control, would lessen the guns in legitimate stores, not to mention slowly change attitudes with new generations about gun ownership, both things contributing to an eventual decrease in black market guns. These things last a long time, but they don't last forever. They get seized or captured, lost, broken, etc.
Sometimes western society wants quick solutions that just aren't there, doesn't mean that changes can't be made in the meantime that will start the process and help down the road.