When seconds matter, police are only minutes away. The average police response time is about 10 minutes. Lots of crime can take place in that amount of time.
"It's true that criminals will be able to get guns, but it'll be way harder for them."
Not necessarily. There are millions of guns already on the black market. Unlike drugs, each individual gun can be used tens if not hundreds of thousands of times. Also, the majority of gun crimes are committed by people with violent criminal records, so they aren't allowed to buy guns legally anyway.
"If I recall it right, Bill Clinton once made a ten year law in the US where people weren't allowed to buy heavy firearms anymore."
You do not recall it right. The bill banned "assault weapons," which are defined based on cosmetic features and not actual fire rate or round size. Most of them happened to be .223's. In fact, these guns fire rounds that are among the smallest and least powerful rifle rounds out there. A deer hunting rifle makes the .223 look like a slingshot.
The ban expired and was never renewed because it had no measurable effect on gun violence.
What's your opinion on gun control?
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"You do know what cops are for, right?"
When seconds matter, police are only minutes away. The average police response time is about 10 minutes. Lots of crime can take place in that amount of time.
"It's true that criminals will be able to get guns, but it'll be way harder for them."
Not necessarily. There are millions of guns already on the black market. Unlike drugs, each individual gun can be used tens if not hundreds of thousands of times. Also, the majority of gun crimes are committed by people with violent criminal records, so they aren't allowed to buy guns legally anyway.
"If I recall it right, Bill Clinton once made a ten year law in the US where people weren't allowed to buy heavy firearms anymore."
You do not recall it right. The bill banned "assault weapons," which are defined based on cosmetic features and not actual fire rate or round size. Most of them happened to be .223's. In fact, these guns fire rounds that are among the smallest and least powerful rifle rounds out there. A deer hunting rifle makes the .223 look like a slingshot.
The ban expired and was never renewed because it had no measurable effect on gun violence.