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If gun control works, then in jails, where inmates have no guns, why do they still have violence and murder?

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  • 6 years ago
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    Don't you love the liberal answers. "Well, they aren't killed with guns!" How incredibly stupid. Do you care if your loved one is killed with a gun, a knife, or is pushed off a building? Dead is dead.

    They never have a logical response. Not one of these "educated" geniuses explained how all of these fights and murders happen when there are ZERO guns in jail.

    The true answer: Violent idiots will be violent idiots no matter what you do. You can lock them up behind bars, and they will still be violent idiots. The same goes for the ones we have not yet caught. If they can't get a gun, they'll get a knife or a baseball bat or a crowbar or build a bomb.

    I'm sure the idiots who are against intelligent law-abiding citizens owning guns THINK that they could easily defeat a maniac with a knife. Maybe a few of them really do have the training and strength to do so. However, what about the rest of us who aren't trained in combat? How about the frail, the old, the young, the handicapped, etc.? How are they supposed to protect themselves against anyone with just their bare hands?

    Look libs. I promise that I will never, ever come to your defense with my evil gun. I will only use it to protect myself, my loved ones, and other intelligent people. Is that good enough for you? Do you feel safer now?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Because the inmates are violent criminals. But, oddly enough, they don't have mass shootings, do they?

    Gun laws don't stop violence, any more than drunk driving laws stop you from getting behind the wheel after drinking too much. We have laws against theft, does that mean no one steals?

    What these laws do is provide a recourse for people who violate them, and force people to be responsible for their behavior, which eventually changes the culture to the point where that behavior is not acceptable or excused any more.

    Does this work? Look at Sweden. They all own guns. But nearly no gun violence and no mass murders.

    http://www.stonekettle.com/2015/06/bang-bang-sanit...

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    Because it's full of desperate violent people.

    Are you suggesting we give convicts guns to reduce the violence and murder in prisons?

    I'm not really following that logic.

    I suppose that is what the NRA suggests. The solution to gun violence is more people with guns. So I guess that should work well in prison.

  • 6 years ago

    Clearly, gun control DOES work, as places that have strong gun controls have fewer gun deaths.

    As for prison, it is NOT true that any prisoner has murdered dozens of people in a few seconds, as happens outside of prison all the time.

    If you were HUMAN, you'd realize that FEWER murders is BETTER than MORE murders.

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  • 6 years ago

    They should give all the criminals in the jail guns and see if that increases the amount of violence and murder going on.....OR (as I suspect) show that the violence and murder either stays exactly the same or decreases! That would prove once and for all that guns have no impact on violence and murder!!!

    But they'll never do it because they know gun control doesn't work!!!!!!

  • 6 years ago

    Guns aren't the only tool for violence and murder. They are just the quickest and most effective of tools. That's why we should be more careful about who can get access to them.

  • YRU4IT
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    Bingo!!!! Gun laws only effect people that want self-defense. With a semi-automatic pistol, a senior citizen is as big as a 300 pound thug!

  • ANDY
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Hello

    Because a lot of it is Gang related, To either intimidate people or prove their loyalty to their Gang

    Andy C

  • 6 years ago

    Some people are just violent. In the UK, gun crime is low, but knife crime is high.

  • 6 years ago

    because they come from an environment that promotes violence and murder.

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