Is gun control even possible in America?

[olds]

http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/5.1/gun-facts-5.1-press.pdf

 

[Nebor]

The ballistic fingerprint idea that some people think will be the silver bullet (harrrr) of crime solving don't realize that several states have such a system (Maryland springs to mind.) It's never aided in solving a single crime. Evar.

 

[xj0hnx]

The ballistic fingerprint idea that some people think will be the silver bullet (harrrr) of crime solving don't realize that several states have such a system (Maryland springs to mind.) It's never aided in solving a single crime. Evar.

It would be very easy to thwart if one were so inclined anyway, go to a shooting range and collect spent brass, sprinkle lightly around crime scene, and enjoy.

 

[alkemyst]

Let me laugh some more.

We keep giving up rights for 'safety', they are working on banning all guns.

I still think even with the best of bans, people will be able to get them. With enough cash you can be flown out to some of the melting pots of the arms trade and come back with just about anything you want.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Here's an interesting thing. With cars, we don't let people drive once they get their license suspended: i.e. they get too many DUIs, rack up too many negative points, drive recklessly, etc etc. People are often reminded that there is no right to drive and that it is a privilege.

So the same thing comes with firearms. If there is a right to bear arms, then is it legal to deny sale of a firearm due to background checks showing that someone was a convicted felon 10 years ago? I mean this is a basic type of control no? Should this basic control be maintained or no?

 

[spidey07]

Here's an interesting thing. With cars, we don't let people drive once they get their license suspended: i.e. they get too many DUIs, rack up too many negative points, drive recklessly, etc etc. People are often reminded that there is no right to drive and that it is a privilege.

So the same thing comes with firearms. If there is a right to bear arms, then is it legal to deny sale of a firearm due to background checks showing that someone was a convicted felon 10 years ago? I mean this is a basic type of control no? Should this basic control be maintained or no?

I don't like the felons losing any and all gun rights, but that's how it is today. I'm torn on this point because I really don't want a violent felony that has committed a gun crime to have firearms, but it's still his fundamental civil right to do so.

 

[ShawnD1]

It would be very easy to thwart if one were so inclined anyway, go to a shooting range and collect spent brass, sprinkle lightly around crime scene, and enjoy.

"They were shooting in all directions" :awe:

So the same thing comes with firearms. If there is a right to bear arms, then is it legal to deny sale of a firearm due to background checks showing that someone was a convicted felon 10 years ago? I mean this is a basic type of control no? Should this basic control be maintained or no?

Probably should be maintained. Most people are good people, but there's no denying that some people really are crazy and they really should not have a gun.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

We keep giving up rights for 'safety', they are working on banning all guns.

I still think even with the best of bans, people will be able to get them. With enough cash you can be flown out to some of the melting pots of the arms trade and come back with just about anything you want.

Where there is a will, there is a way. Forget the specifics, but some of the Philippine fighters in WWII fashioned crude firearms out of curtain rods and such.

See guerrilla guns

 

[CallMeJoe]

I don't like the felons losing any and all gun rights, but that's how it is today. I'm torn on this point because I really don't want a violent felony that has committed a gun crime to have firearms, but it's still his fundamental civil right to do so.

IIRC, in most (possibly all) states a felon may petition for restoration of rights, including Second Amendment rights.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Where there is a will, there is a way. Forget the specifics, but some of the Philippine fighters in WWII fashioned crude firearms out of curtain rods and such.
See guerrilla guns

Google "zip gun"...

 

[alkemyst]

Google "zip gun"...

QFT...firearms are actually pretty easy.

Ammo isn't going anywhere, but even then it's not hard to just make your own 'musket' style gun.

 

[spidey07]

IIRC, in most (possibly all) states a felon may petition for restoration of rights, including Second Amendment rights.

That's correct. And on making a gun all you need is some basic machining tools. My buddy, an FFL/machine gun dealer, has all he needs to do so. He does a lot of machining restoring guns, etc.

He does NOT make a part that you can drop into your AR-15 to make it full-auto/selective fire.

 

[CallMeJoe]

That's correct. And on making a gun all you need is some basic machining tools. My buddy, an FFL/machine gun dealer, has all he needs to do so. He does a lot of machining restoring guns, etc.
He does NOT make a part that you can drop into your AR-15 to make it full-auto/selective fire.

I could go out to my garage right now and fashion a functional firearm.
I am not a trained gunsmith, nor do I have any specific gunsmithing tools.
For that matter, let me run down to Home Depot or Lowe's for a few things and I could make a reasonably durable smoothbore cannon...