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Originally Posted by DEFY
The issue with making more stringent laws is it makes it a hassle for those who abide by them, it doesn't affect those who are already breaking them. You can buy a gun and wait the 30 days or you can buy a stolen weapon within an hour. Who do you think is going to commit a crime?
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Where can you get a stolen gun within an hour?
Would you be in favor of laws that made it harder for the black market for guns to exist?
To use deterrence you could make laws that were overwhelmingly punitive to people who unlawfully owned a gun, but for that to work you'd have to have a licensing and registration system for gun ownership like we have for cars and airplanes. If you don't have any way to keep track of who has and who should have guns, then you can't do anything to ensure that gun owners are legitimate.