Stop and think - and you will realise that banning guns is a waste of time

[HC]

I think Guns should be banned.
If a madman ran to a crowd of people with a knife and stabbed people a lot could get away uninjured, But If that person had a machine gun... they could open fire on everyone around them - Even the ones fleeing!

[Jorders]

Plain and simple banning guns would mean less murders. Theres not much else to it really.
You know what I never hear, stories of people in the US shooting burglars dead. But the pro-gun supporters seem to base a lot of their argument off this scenario, but even if it does happen whats better? A dead burglar or a bunch of dead kids?

And to people who say that without guns the murderers and psychopaths would use other weapons, yeah they most likely would. But killing a bunch of people with a knife is a damn sight harder than walking into a school or cinema with a bunch of automatic or semi-automatic weapons and opening fire into a crowd of people.

Using a gun is so easy even kids can do it. Example: In the UK at age 14 I was taught to use bolt action rifles and single shot rifles whilst in the cadets. By the time I was 17 the single shot rifles had all been replaced with semi-automatic military grade assault rifles and 14 year olds were still taught how to use them and most learned it pretty quick. So in the US a 14 year old easily has the capacity to learn how to use and effectively use a semi-automatic assault rifle and could kill people with it. Could the same 14 year old kill a bunch of people with a knife? Probably not. (BTW: Semi-automatic = Every squeeze of the trigger fires a single shot)

One on one a knife wielding psycho has the capacity to kill. But I almost guarantee that there would be hardly any incidents along the lines of Sandy Hook Massacre BUT WITH A KNIFE BECAUSE THERES NO GUNS ANYMORE.