One of the weakest and most frequent arguments against better gun laws is that criminals don't obey the law. So what? People speed, drive while intoxicated, run stop signs, and run red lights, but that does not mean we should skip trying to have laws against these things. Yes, people break laws, however reasonable the laws are. We have these laws so we can arrest and punish those people who do break the laws, and to deter those who might be tempted if there were no laws.
As I've said before, I don't want to ban guns. I don't want to ban handguns. I want background checks on all gun sales. I want restrictions to ban high capacity magazines. I want bans on so called assault weapons. Under Ronald Reagan there was a ban on assault weapons. The world didn't come to an end. America was not taken over by fascists who confiscated all weapons.
The fact is that when assault weapons are used in mass shootings, the death toll is considerably higher.
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