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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
I totaly agree with last two paragraphs, and see no reason for anyone in the general population to own a gun. In the US though, as I've said before, this is not the reality.
How different do you think that panic level would be between 5 shots or 50 shots? I predict total chaos not matter what.
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But why isn't it a reality? Why can't it be? Make it illegal to own an assault rifle. Heck, go even further and ban hand guns. Ban ammunition. Set up checkstops randomly like you do for drinking and driving and check all vehicles for these weapons or ammunition. The problem won't go away right away, but it's a start. I'm actually quite convinced that a significant portion of people would willingly hand in their assault rifles and hand guns if an amnesty period was implemented. I remember a few years back, Iraq had a similar amnesty period for assault rifles and they collected something like 2 million AK-47s (can't find the article now). Now they have a murder rate per capita lower than only firearms murder rate in the US (see for yourself
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/iraq). Think of that. Iraq is safer than America!