QUORA: ‘Do you believe in the saying "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"?’
This may be my shortest post ever. But I couldn’t resist, because the question answers itself. Or so you would think. Apparently, some people can’t see the most obvious.
I posted this answer, expanded for clarity:
Of course. It’s indisputable and self-explanatory. I have friends who legally own guns. If guns are outlawed, they will immediately become outlaws, even though they’ve committed no crime, unless and until they turn in their previously legally purchased guns. Of course, actual criminals who own guns would still have guns. But then, they’re already outlaws.
Laws that outlaw all guns are targeted at law abiding citizens, not criminals. All that would be accomplished if guns are outlawed would be to strip Americans of a critical means of personal self-defense, and immediately turn law-abiding citizens into criminals. Dr. Floyd Ferris would be proud.
Related Reading:
Reisman: We Need Gun Control--for Our Government
Gun Control Should focus On Principles, Not Guns
It's NOT the Guns, it's the Rights
Banning Guns Punishes the Innocent and Violates Rights
Armed Self-Defense Saves Lives
Media Underplays Successful Defensive Gun Use, by Paul Hsieh
Whose 'Gun Violence' Research Should We Trust?
Human Volition, not Guns, is the Source of Gun Aggression
Memo to the S-L: Gun Makers' Profits are Not the Issue
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