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Originally Posted by DuffMan
That is so stupid.
Read it like this
Fix those issues, and you fix gun crime....gun control or no gun control.
lol, guns are so insignificant in gun crimes there is no point in any control of them.
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Its not stupid at all. The US has a huge problem with poverty. A huge problem with drug crime. A huge problem with people not being able to climb the class ladder.
If there is no 'way out', a lot of those people resort to crime. And studies have shown that a lot people who commit murder have a prior conviction.
In 2009, 43 million were living in poverty in the US. That is more than the entire population of Canada. And studies have also shown that increased poverty rates can lead to increased crime rates.
To think that a simplistic solution like gun control can solve a colossal nationwide problem is extremely naive IMO.
And the US simply does not have the manpower to remove the amount of weapons floating around throughout the country. There is a reason local police departments have said they won't enforce any kind of ban. They simply can't.