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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
Pretty much. All the crimes that are committed with gun are already illegal. The money that is spent on trying to restrict access by law abiding citizens would be better spent on mental health awareness/treatment and stopping root causes of crimes. The fact that someone makes the decision to commit a crime is the issue, not the means by which it is committed.
Also, someone will call that an assault rifle soon.
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I wonder how much of a root cause lack of mental health care is though. I would think that poverty is probably the biggest factor and wealth redistribution will never happen short of an all out revolution, which of course will likely involve a lot of guns.
I think the only thing to do at this point is go all out on taking guns off the street and changing gun laws. Reallocate resources from the war on drugs, and focus more on guns. It's probably hopeless either way though.