i've always believed, "if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns". if that makes any sense. only the honest hard working people do as there suppose to by registering their firearms and obtaining permits to carry. the criminals, who break laws at will anyway, are not going to spend the time or money to be legal. i no longer have the exact figures BUT when australia outlawed firearms....their murders and other serious crimes against persons quadrippled. this is because only the honest hard working people of this country did as the law said and got rid of their only protection...their firearms.
the criminals on the street that i come in contact with everyday i go to work are not scared of me or the laws i enforce. what keeps them half way under control is knowing that the next home they break into or person they rob might have a surprise for them. this is why, atleast in my area, most of the victims of violent crimes do/did not own a firearm. it seems as if the criminals did do a little homework and play the odds by picking victims that they thought would be unarmed. you never see on the news about the driver of a lifted up chevrolet pick up truck with a confederate flag in the back window being car jacked...do ya?