Some cities HAVE banned guns and it hasn't worked out. Washington DC and Chicago have gun bans. Several other cities have very restrictive gun laws.
I live in NY and it's just like what you propose, we have laws for NYC and different laws for areas outside NYC (many other states also have different laws for urban and rural areas). It doesn't really "do" anything. While handguns aren't blatantly banned outright, NYC has made it impossible for ordinary civilians to legally own one, only the criminals have them. The entire state of NY (city and rural) has the strictest gun laws in the nation. What has this accomplished? Besides infringe on legal gun owners, I don't believe it has accomplished anything.
I disagree that guns aren't necessary to freedom. And regardless of what the odds may be, people just aren't going to roll over and give up without a fight. Would you advocate just giving up (on anything) without a fight? I'd hope not!
Just because the laws in NYC are unsuccessful that doesn't make the whole concept of restricting gun ownership flawed. I don't have any idea about the specifics, but the laws just need to be more sophisticated.
I disagree that the tiny amount of protection a gun would give you - in the tiny chance you would need to use it against a tyrannical government anyway - is worth the thousands of lives lost in gun-related incidents each year.
More sophisticated how? Please tell us, from several thousand miles away and ignorant to our lifestyle, how our gun laws, that only affect law abiding citizens, would affect the homicide rate in NYC.
What is your opinion on gun control?
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States DO make their own gun laws.
Some cities HAVE banned guns and it hasn't worked out. Washington DC and Chicago have gun bans. Several other cities have very restrictive gun laws.
I live in NY and it's just like what you propose, we have laws for NYC and different laws for areas outside NYC (many other states also have different laws for urban and rural areas). It doesn't really "do" anything. While handguns aren't blatantly banned outright, NYC has made it impossible for ordinary civilians to legally own one, only the criminals have them. The entire state of NY (city and rural) has the strictest gun laws in the nation. What has this accomplished? Besides infringe on legal gun owners, I don't believe it has accomplished anything.
I disagree that guns aren't necessary to freedom. And regardless of what the odds may be, people just aren't going to roll over and give up without a fight. Would you advocate just giving up (on anything) without a fight? I'd hope not!
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Just because the laws in NYC are unsuccessful that doesn't make the whole concept of restricting gun ownership flawed. I don't have any idea about the specifics, but the laws just need to be more sophisticated.
I disagree that the tiny amount of protection a gun would give you - in the tiny chance you would need to use it against a tyrannical government anyway - is worth the thousands of lives lost in gun-related incidents each year.
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More sophisticated how? Please tell us, from several thousand miles away and ignorant to our lifestyle, how our gun laws, that only affect law abiding citizens, would affect the homicide rate in NYC.