i wish kids in the inner city were free to go outside and play without fear of being shot up in a drive-by.
how many (innocent) people have to die before we get serious about doing something?
Walter, you've already admitted it would pretty much be impossible to get rid of all the guns the criminals have, so why would banning them change that? How will removing a method of self-defense of law abiding citizens while the criminals still are packing, as you admit, make people feel safer?
If you want to get serious about gun crimes, then punish the criminals, not those who use their guns responsibly and in the bounds of the law.
Also, I think you're seriously exaggerating the problem. According to the CDC, there were only 1,822 homicide by firearm deaths in the age groups of 0-19 in 2003 out of a population of 81 million in that age group - I seriously doubt most of them go outside worried about getting caught up in a drive by.
that is 1,822 preventable deaths.
That assumes the ban would be effective, which it would not be. It would have no impact on removing guns from the hands of criminals. Do you truly believe that a person who has no trouble shooting an innocent child would be deterred by a law against having a gun?
The real answer is to enforce the laws we have strictly. Felons who caught with guns illegally get off with probation in liberal jurisdictions that favor these sorts of laws. If they got locked up for an extended period of time, maybe things would be different.
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