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Should firearms be banned from the general public and limited to only security & law enforcement?

Y or N

Update:

Scary place where we had the shooting in California Gilroy Garlic Festival just last week and today Texas El Paso Mall where 20 people were killed.

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  • 2 years ago

    Yes, they are way too dangerous and no one is actully protecting themselves like they think they are.

  • 2 years ago

    NO. It is unconstitutional, it would be impossible and costly to implement, it would turn millions Americans into criminals, and for the vast majority of Americans guns are safely used for protection and recreation.

  • 2 years ago

    Not gonna happen in the US,,Hitler and Venezuela taught us that.

    Just think, one armed citizen could have stopped the Walmart shooting quick.

    These psycho shooters know they don't see the sun come UK,, they simply don't care.

    All the more reason should carry guns.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    no of course not ...............................

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  • 2 years ago

    How did that work out in Venezuela ? There was a recent video of a security forces vehicle running down protesters with impunity.

  • Matt
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    No.

    Anything the police own, the general public should also be allowed to own.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    YES THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT of the PUBLIC'S HANDS.

    The Pretend Airman does not know any thing about Hitler.

    He was democratically elected and the German public fully supported him right up to the last couple of years.

    With extremely few Germans who were against him had nothing to do with the gun ban at all

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Not completely no. I live in the UK and often people think guns are banned here but they are not, despite the handgun ban there are modifications that can be made to even make them legal, you'd be surprised at what is available compared to what people say. The restrictions have worked, some people still need guns like gamekeepers perhaps, some people use guns as a hobby but they are vetted first, or maybe they live in a remote place. I don't have a problem with that. Another myth is that you can't defend yourself with guns in the UK, you can, if you have a licence, people in remote places have shot burglars and were not charged.

  • 2 years ago

    Absolutely not!

  • 2 years ago

    Yes, although once they are banned from the general public, they don't really need to be available to security and law enforcement either. In the UK at one time, most police didn't carry guns and it wasn't a problem.

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