[BlackDove]

You people do actually realise that if guns were banned the overall kill ratio involving firearms would decrease rapidly?

The only reason that guns are allowed to be in anyone's posession in the US, and wherever else they're lenient with it, is because of [SIZE=999999]THE MONEY[/size][/b]

[Ford Prefect]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
The funny thing about the US is that it's a lot like fifty seperate countries. They all follow the same basic rules, but each state is completely different from the next. The only thing that keeps them from being a bunch of loosely affiliated nation-states is the fact that they have a federal government.

If you hate the policies and actions of the conservatives, just move to a liberal state, and visa-versa.

That's really not true anymore. That was sort of the idea when the country was founded, but the federal government has become much, much more powerful and ominpresent that it used to be, to the point that it's an integral part of our daily lives in countless ways.

[Nuke]

havigng worked at a pawnshop ive sold a gun or two. you need to be 21 or older to buy a hand gun or pistol grip rifle but you can get a hunting rifle or shotgun at age 18.  you technically cant sell a gun unless the buyer fills out a brady form, then you call the fbi, read off the form to them , they read you some more infothen you sent em more info, then they tell you to go ahead with the sale, not to sell, or to wait 10 days for an advanced check. then you can guve them the gun. then i would say 'would you like ammo with that' and when they say yea id say 'hydroshock or fmj'. at least thats how you sell a gun in the state of az. might be different state to state. the brady form, being a federal form is probibly manditory anywhere you buy a gun.  you can get firearms ilegally anywhere. some less legit pawn shops would sell a gun under the counter at twice the price. its that kinda sale that needs to be controled. the problem isnt with the system, its with the people.