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Originally Posted by julia
The fact that there is more handgun violence, killings and suicides in this country than any other "developed" country does not bother you?
The ruling was on the handguns ban in DC.
None of you pro-handgun folks must live where there is no urban violence.
Nobody wants to take your shotguns from you. The issue was handguns.
And no, handguns were not around at the time of the founders.
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Respectfully Jules, a criminal is going to get his/her hands on a handgun whenever they please. No law will ever stop it.
And this is coming from an old police dispatcher that worked in Armed Robbery/CarJack Central aka Tampa Bay, Florida. I have handled urban violence a lot. (Taking the hysterical 911 calls, dealing with my patrol units handling said calls, etc., etc.) One thing I can tell ya about handguns is that most of the guns I "ran" through NCIC (the criminal database) that the bad guys had on 'em were stolen.
Black market guns are a huge market. Huge.
When burglars break into pawn shops one of the first things they go for are the guns.