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Subject: What if only handguns were legal in America?

Just an idea I had (I'm not American BTW)

Would outlawing all guns apart from handguns in the US be a good thing? It wouldn't be impossible for criminals to get assault rifles but it will be harder for them, chances are most people who want to shoot someone would use their legal pistol, wouldn't take out nearly as many people as someone with a full auto rifle, and people could defend themselves easier.

Discuss, and tell me if my idea is good or bad :)

Oh, and apologies for making yet another gun law thread :)

UPDATE: The shooter in today's school shooting used an M16 as well as two handguns

[Edited on 12.14.2012 3:52 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2012 3:29 PM PDT

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Nobody hunts with a handgun, except politicians.

  • 12.14.2012 3:30 PM PDT
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  • 12.14.2012 3:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: foreveraloner35
Oh, and apologies for making yet another gun law thread :)
Apology not accepted. really. we don't need more.

  • 12.14.2012 3:30 PM PDT

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This might be okay, just no extended magazine or automatic pistols

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CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!

  • 12.14.2012 3:30 PM PDT

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If everyone actually worked together, I'd support no guns for any citizen.

That isn't the case, though.

  • 12.14.2012 3:31 PM PDT

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It wouldn't have saved those kids, he used two handguns

  • 12.14.2012 3:31 PM PDT


Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: foreveraloner35
Oh, and apologies for making yet another gun law thread :)
Apology not accepted. really. we don't need more.


Sorry :) you won't be seeing any more from me (unless I have another idea which is unlikely)

  • 12.14.2012 3:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: chronicaddict420
CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!

NOT TRUE

  • 12.14.2012 3:31 PM PDT

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It'd be impossible to make gun control in America near as successful as it is in some other countries, it's a bit late.

And besides, wasn't the shooting today in Connecticut pursued with a handgun?

  • 12.14.2012 3:31 PM PDT


Posted by: Irish spartan
It wouldn't have saved those kids, he used two handguns


Didn't he also use a full auto gun as well?

  • 12.14.2012 3:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: chronicaddict420
CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!



Automobiles.

  • 12.14.2012 3:32 PM PDT

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Posted by: foreveraloner35

Posted by: Irish spartan
It wouldn't have saved those kids, he used two handguns


Didn't he also use a full auto gun as well?
No

  • 12.14.2012 3:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: foreveraloner35
a full auto rifle


You apparently don't know much about gun laws. It is illegal to carry fully automatic rifles, they can be semi-auto but that's the same firing rate of a pistol.

Also pistols can just have as high of a death rate as rifles, the reason rifles are so widely used is because of their range and most of these shootings are in close quarters as it is.

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Posted by: deadlyfluffball

Posted by: chronicaddict420
CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!



Automobiles.
How does an automatic transmission make a car more dangerous than a manual transmission?

  • 12.14.2012 3:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: deadlyfluffball

Posted by: chronicaddict420
CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!



Automobiles.
How does an automatic transmission make a car more dangerous than a manual transmission?
Its easier to text and drive with an automatic than a manual

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Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: deadlyfluffball

Posted by: chronicaddict420
CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!



Automobiles.
How does an automatic transmission make a car more dangerous than a manual transmission?
Its easier to text and drive with an automatic than a manual
That's operator error, no fault of the car.

  • 12.14.2012 3:35 PM PDT


Posted by: deadlyfluffball
Nobody hunts with a handgun, except politicians.


He's right: Hunting Rifles have more range for hitting things from a long distance. And automatics are already illegal in the US of America. So therefore when automatics have been used they've already been aquired illegally before being used to shoot people in the crotch.

[Edited on 12.14.2012 3:35 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2012 3:35 PM PDT


Posted by: Sarg GoldIeaf

Posted by: foreveraloner35
a full auto rifle


You apparently don't know much about gun laws. It is illegal to carry fully automatic rifles, they can be semi-auto but that's the same firing rate of a pistol.

Also pistols can just have as high of a death rate as rifles, the reason rifles are so widely used is because of their range and most of these shootings are in close quarters as it is.


Oh. Oops *blushes*

Well, at least pistols have less in a magazine, have less range as you say, and correct me if m wrong but aren't they supposed to be harder to am with that rifles?

  • 12.14.2012 3:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: foreveraloner35
Oh. Oops *blushes*

Well, at least pistols have less in a magazine, have less range as you say, and correct me if m wrong but aren't they supposed to be harder to am with that rifles?


Pistols can have large magazines. They're only harder to aim from at a distance.

  • 12.14.2012 3:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: MadMax888

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Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: deadlyfluffball

Posted by: chronicaddict420
CIVILIANS CANT OWN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!



Automobiles.
How does an automatic transmission make a car more dangerous than a manual transmission?
Its easier to text and drive with an automatic than a manual
That's operator error, no fault of the car.
So is shooting a person with a gun.

But everyone knows that.

  • 12.14.2012 3:37 PM PDT

Wow, just wow!

Three things would result.

1)Hunters would spawn a revolt.

2)Those who already have unregistered automatics/rifles would keep them, and thus gain an edge over everyone else who just has a handgun.

3)Violence would still result. 22 people died in Japan by a guy with a knife.

It's not the tool, it's the lunatic wielding the tool.

  • 12.14.2012 3:37 PM PDT


Posted by: Sarg GoldIeaf

Posted by: foreveraloner35
Oh. Oops *blushes*

Well, at least pistols have less in a magazine, have less range as you say, and correct me if m wrong but aren't they supposed to be harder to am with that rifles?


Pistols can have large magazines. They're only harder to aim from at a distance.


Hmm, perhaps extended mags could be outlawed?

  • 12.14.2012 3:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: An Elite Decoy

Posted by: MadMax888
That's operator error, no fault of the car.
So is shooting a person with a gun.

But everyone knows that.
I doubt it. People who shoot other people do precisely what they intend to. Texting and driving, thus causing an accident, is not intended.

  • 12.14.2012 3:38 PM PDT

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