# your opinion on gun control

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-gun-control/191515>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 28, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-gun-control/191515 "2003-07-28T20:42:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-gun-control/191515/102 "2003-08-06T13:14:03Z")

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I think these are very good questions **enigmatic** , so there’s no need to stop.

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[li]No, firearms in this country have been a way of life since it’s inception. IMO, the drug trade and inner-city economic conditions are directly attributable to the homicide rate. The problem with gun control is that it really doesn’t impact _crime control_. As I posted previously, it’s against the law to commit murder, but people still do it, regardless of the tool used.[/li]  
[li]I’d repeal the assault weapon ban, since it’s pretty much proven that it doesn’t work. I’d leave the instant check system in place. Many states already have a one gun a month rule and some have waiting periods. I guess those are doable.[/li]  
[li]Yes, cost does play a large role. Canada’s gun registry program is a complete debacle, with the original estimate of 10 million now passing the billion dollar mark, and that is with 6-7 million gun owners. The US is conservatively estimated to have 65 million gun owners.[/li]  
[li]I think your thread is a good one. There were a number of people who expressed pro-gun control thoughts in a reasonable manner. Of these, I’d guess that a large number of them have never had the opportunity to be exposed to firearms and that a lot of the information they receive about it is negative, thanks to the media’s demonization of firearms, including fictional movies like Moore’s Bowling for Columbine.[/li][/list=1]

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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-gun-control/191515/103 "2003-08-07T01:58:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by qts \*  
> \*\ ***Amarone** The level of crime is not at issue. That the crime is there and needs defending against is the issue.
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> Your refutation of my point about Hamilton is entirely specious: the specific case is not defending yourself but someone else.
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> Tell me, have you been burgled? \*\*

I didn’t say anything about your comments on Hamilton.

Yes, I have been burgled - once. Why?

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