When similar bans were instituted on certain weapons in the past, the crime rate remained virtually unchanged, as rarely are the designated firearms even USED in a criminal enterprise. Criminals just went to other sorts of “persuasion” to assert themselves in the commission of a crime, and as long as nobody was willing to prosecute them, it was essentially a “win-win” for those criminals.
The failure to prosecute and convict the perpetrators of criminal activity is a far greater factor in the crime rate than the instrument used to commit the crime. Crime is in the head of the criminal, not in the instrument used. Get their heads straight, maybe by a period of confinement and very restricted access to the rest of society, and maybe, just maybe, the attractiveness of criminal behavior shall diminish. But first someone must get to the minds and change them. And for that they must be caught, convicted and sent to some kind of EFFECTUAL facility, for behavior correction.
Whatever that takes.
For sure. And more deaths every year from a 22 than a AR. It’s stupid for them, they want control. And it’s gonna get or is getting worse because of keeping people locked up for so long. I think they are either smart and know this and are using this or are dumb and could cause their demise.
Well, the banning of switch blade knifes sure made a difference, don't you think../s
A very good point.
We must remove their will to be criminals, not just their means to be criminals.