And there's a reason i first of all stay out of political forums, second try and stay away from gun control debates and third have seen more forums ban discussions on gun control from their threads. I fight dirty, i fight using history, and the ingrained liberalness of the net hates to lose. That said i place the following before you:
Rob, again look at history, when Cigarettes were heavily taxed in Europe they were smuggled and a booming black market in them made them even more popular thus driving the demand, thus like NASCAR was born from bootleggers testing their cars amongst other bootleggers, so the Ciggarette boat industry boomed, yes those nice cabin forward designs came from the need for fast cargo movers that could handle Mediterainian conditions. The same thing happened as previously alluded to during prohibition both for cars and boats, why doesnt it happen in Canada, probably because you have a differnent mindset than americans who yes are a culture of the gun.
Second: it has been proven time and time again that these "Anti Assault weapon" laws accomplish nothing, Columbine occured during the Clinton assault weapon ban, didnt stop it. not to mention that these guns that they ban are not by Definition assault weapons they simply physically resemble them or other military "styled" weapons. the most dangerous firearm in a school, a pump action 12 ga shotgun loaded with buckshot which is a common hunting weapon stateside.
Third: Universal background checks nor any of these laws are going to keep the weapons from the hands of the criminals who either buy them on the black market, steal them, or use something else.
Finally, I'm a person who has had extensive training in various things that could cause harm and one of the things i've learned over the years is how to either scrounge up or make my own weapons, the one thing that has been said in a thousand places is that once its free, you cant put the genie back in the bottle
Rob, again look at history, when Cigarettes were heavily taxed in Europe they were smuggled and a booming black market in them made them even more popular thus driving the demand, thus like NASCAR was born from bootleggers testing their cars amongst other bootleggers, so the Ciggarette boat industry boomed, yes those nice cabin forward designs came from the need for fast cargo movers that could handle Mediterainian conditions. The same thing happened as previously alluded to during prohibition both for cars and boats, why doesnt it happen in Canada, probably because you have a differnent mindset than americans who yes are a culture of the gun.
Second: it has been proven time and time again that these "Anti Assault weapon" laws accomplish nothing, Columbine occured during the Clinton assault weapon ban, didnt stop it. not to mention that these guns that they ban are not by Definition assault weapons they simply physically resemble them or other military "styled" weapons. the most dangerous firearm in a school, a pump action 12 ga shotgun loaded with buckshot which is a common hunting weapon stateside.
Third: Universal background checks nor any of these laws are going to keep the weapons from the hands of the criminals who either buy them on the black market, steal them, or use something else.
Finally, I'm a person who has had extensive training in various things that could cause harm and one of the things i've learned over the years is how to either scrounge up or make my own weapons, the one thing that has been said in a thousand places is that once its free, you cant put the genie back in the bottle