Originally Posted by
ynvaser
Or perhaps not give civilians any guns! It's hard to shoot people without one. Making them illegal to possess makes it harder to have illegal (unregistered, whatever) guns in circulation as well. If all guns are illegal for civilian possession, the issue is quite straightforward to handle. Exception could be hunting rifles, which would require a hunting license (those are not that easy to get where i'm from).
People shoot guns for sport. And, another thing. If someone has the will to shoot somebody, then they have the will to go find a gun. Regardless of any restrictions on guns, there will always be a way to obtain one. Simply removing them isn't a solution, and it never will be. And, I'd rather have a firearm in my hand against another man who has a firearm in his hand than have nothing in my hands and he has a firearm pointed at my skull, ready to fire. Just sayin'.