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Originally posted by PornoDoggy@Aug 26 2003, 02:39 PM
Look, numbernuts ... the NRA's stand on gun issues is a matter of public record. As recently as this spring they were quite vocal in their opposition to an extension on the ban of certain kinds of weapons and clips (and I'll concede the hairsplitting point that this is more evidence of laws against weapons). If you would like to do a compare and contrast to the public records of the NRA and like minded folks as compared to the public record of the politicians you mentioned, you would have to spin pretty fucking hard to back up your assumptions.
I did not say that gangs of criminals make their way from urban areas to the suburbs specifically to steal guns in most cases, and anyone with a 5th grade reading comprehension level would understand that. While you may think you are clever in implying that thieves are stupid, they quite often are just the opposite. Have you done any reading at all on the black and gray markets for weapons?
Is this the great libertarian mind at work? Legal restrictions on weapons ownership will not stop all weapons crimes, therefore restrictions on weapons ownership are absurd. It follows logically that restrictions on larceny will not stop all larceny; restrictions on homicide will not stop all homicides; restrictions on the abuse of children will not stop all abuse of children.
Let's just eliminate all the laws. 
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Hey fella, you are the one with the fanciful stories.
I am not defending what the NRA does or does not do. My point, which has been pretty clear, is that gun control does nothing to prevent gun crime. Criminalizing guns will have no better affect on gun crime than criminalizing drugs have had on drug use.
All it does it create more of a black market than already exists.
Criminals don't care about gun laws. That's why they are called criminals.