🚀 go-pugleaf

I swore over and over that I wouldn't get involved in 2 threads (both of
which have been spawned over the bc doctor shooting: abortion and gun
control

But one thing I keep seeing in *this* debate is people saying "I have guns
and I am not going to use them for illegal purposes".

I don't think anyone will dispute this. However, I have one question: what 
happens if someone takes your firearm(s) and uses them for illegal purposes?

Okay, let's say there are, oh, 30,000 firearms in Canada. Wait, let's say
there are 30,000,000 firearms in Canada (I know, silly number but I have a
point to make :-)

Now, some twit breaks in to your house and steals a weapon (yes, mags are
to be kept separate from the weapon, etc., etc., but people can be
careless). S/He then uses it and kills someone. Is that reasonable?

If we got ridiculous and got rid of *every* firearm in the country, would it
stop the use of firearms in crimes in this country? Of course not. If
someone wants one bad enough, they will get it from somewhere else. The
point of gun control is *control*, not necessarily outright banning of
weapons. People will still kill each other with firearms, people will still
kill themselves, people will still use them in crimes. But if the total
availability of weapons is reduced, then it makes it more difficult. *And*
the casual use of firearms in crimes will be reduced (the available stock
of illicit weaponry would be more expensive and harder to get hold of).

*I* don't think guns are very sporting. But others do and I can respect that.