HandSolo
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Criminals don't swap barrels because there is no point in doing so. Prosecutions rarely hinge on ballistic evidence. To suggest that criminals do not know that the barrels are replacable on the majority of pistols serves only to highlight your ignorance of the topic. Anyone who has handled a pistol, knows this. If we want to reduce the power of humans to kill, we should probably take away their cars, cell phones, computers, hats, pillows, knives, pool cues... aw heck, why doin't we just have a few enlightened individuals raise the rest of us in veal bages? The fact of the matter is, there is a poor correlation between gun bans and crime rates. You can cite countries with no legal ownership and low crime rates, but only by ignoring those with high rates of legal ownership and low crime, and vice versa. What nobody can do is show a gun ban that has resulted in a drop in violent crime. England's efforts in this field have been a monumental failure by any measure. In fact, the only things that reduces crime are increasing the risks of committing crime (agressive law enforcement, or arming the targets), removing motives, primarily a function of the economy (although ending drug prohibition would be an incredibly effective move), or removing individuals with a propensity for violence from the general population (enforcing long prison sentences for acts of violence). If you're afraid of inanimate objects, perhaps it's best to keep that fear to yourself, because I'm sick of reading dopey arguments, or worse, seeing pointless laws strip the lawful citzens of rights, while leaving the violent fraction of the population unimpeded..
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