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Have you considered that police can't always get there in time? In Washington D.C, our own capital, it takes police an average of a half an hour to arrive to a distress call. It takes minutes to rob a house. Even in areas where the police are efficient, the chances of them stopping a crime of that nature in the process isn't likely. Imagine living in a ghetto or a rural area, the idea of the police actually arriving in time AND being able to stop a crime in the process in laughable. I live in a small, quiet suburban paradise and it took the police nearly 10 minutes to arrive to my parents house once. Huge amounts of damage can be inflicted in that amount of time, physical or financial.

Also, if we outlawed guns, do you really think it would stop criminals from obtaining them? Do anti-drug laws stop drug dealers? Do anti-violence laws stop psychopaths from shooting up schools? The key word is criminal, one who does not obey the law. Banning guns will will make ownership by law abiding citizens a crime and owner ship by criminals...a crime.

Lastly, alcohol and cigarette kill more people then guns.
Tobacco = 438,000 deaths/year
Firearms = 30,000 deaths/year
Tobacco kills 14.6x more people the guns.
We better put a nation wide ban on smoking.
And don't even get me started on alcohol, poor driving or an unhealthy diet.

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