Perhaps before we discuss highly volatile political issues we should undergo a background check to make sure we were never convicted of being an anarchist.
Are you saying you have no problem with gangbangers with yard long rap sheets sheets being able to pick up a Glock at your neighborhood gun store?
The fact is, that if he wants one he will get it, and without too much trouble. Taking away all citizens rights in order to inconvenience the gangbanger is not my idea of the proper role of government.
I had also rather the gun dealer get the profit than a thief.
There is a good or at least some reason for almost all laws. The problem is there is a better reason for most of them to not exist. It is called freedom.
And are you saying that if they are prevented from buying that Glock at the gun store, they won't or can't get one anyway? They are currently prohibited from doing just that, but they get guns anway. Thomas Jefferson knew that such laws only effect the law abiding.
We have plenty of gang shootings and drive bys in San Antonio. They've stayed away from where I live, although not far away. Good for them though, I'll shoot back, and I practice more than they do, plus I'll use a long gun if I can. When I had an apartment that faced the thoroughfare, I often kept my M-1 Carbine beside my computer desk, never knowing if my FReeping might be rudely interupted. :)