I understand that and agree that there are some people that should not have firearms, but don't pass laws that can be perverted and used against honest law abiding citizens or worse that won't them have things that they have a right to. We also need to realize that criminals will find ways to get the things that they are not allowed to have and that no law will stop that. Laws are there to entice people to be good, if they choose to ignore them the laws effectively are no good.
Case in point, we have a laws against murder. Does that stop people from doing it? Not the people that choose to ignore them, only the law abiding people. I will note that those that abide by the law are the same people that would not do it even if there was not a law against it due to their morals/religious beliefs.
Yeah, I'd argue that it stops some people from doing it. I see no reason to slow down in a school zone before the first bus arrives, WHICH IS ACROSS A DIVIDED ROAD so there's not the slightest chance I could hit a kid, but I slow down because I don't want the penalty.
"but don't pass laws that can be perverted and used against honest law abiding citizens or worse that won't them have things that they have a right to."
When those who make the laws are perverted by power and corruption there are no laws which cannot be abused. There are those who wish to harm America. Some of those are in or have been in Congress, courts, and the White House