What it the point in restricting guns?
"To reduce crime!"
But we already have laws to reduce crime. Criminals, by definition, break the law so it will be the criminals who still have guns.
"Fewer guns means less crime!"
No, it doesn't. Fewer guns actually means more crime because, as we mentioned, the criminals will still break the law to get guns and now they know their intended victims are unarmed. Criminals don't like an armed population, it's more work and more risk.
"It will reduce violence!"
So guns equate to violence? When was the last time you saw the headline, "Deadly shooting at local firing range?" By that logic firing ranges are the places most likely to have gun crime and shootings since there is the highest number of weapons per person. No, shootings happen where guns are banned, such as schools. Someone intent on killing lots of people won't go to a police station or a firing range to do it, he's going to go where he knows people are unarmed.
If gun laws reduced crime we would not need them. Anything illegal you can do with a gun is already illegal under other laws. You don't need to say "It's illegal to kill someone with a gun" because we already have a law that says "It's illegal to kill someone." If the law "It's illegal to kill a person" doesn't stop people from killing, how would restricting the weapon make it any different? "I'm thinking about killing person X with this pistol... you know what, I'd better not, using this gun would be illegal."
Give me a fucking break.
Nomix, the reason no one is bitching about it is because felons give up many of their constitutional rights by committing a felony, including the right to bear arms and the right to vote. They gave up those rights by committing a cime, they were not taken away from someone who never broke the law. Big difference.