Gun control is not going to stop a criminal from having a gun.
Death should be immediate for anyone using a gun to harm civilians.
Sickos often intend to die, but they want to take out others first, which makes no sense. But if it isnt a gun, its a car, or something else.
Define a criminal!
A criminal who is for example a member of organized crime of some nature who is going to carry out a hit on a rival. Yep, your right, they will always have guns. But how many times in these mass shootings we so often see in the US is this the case?
But what about you Kchoo, right now your not a criminal, just a normal citizen like me. If you wig out tomorrow and grab an Assault rifle and go on a rampage, your not a criminal till that first bullet hits its first victim.
Until that point you are allowed to go buy an Assault rifle. In this case I believe the system fell down and he go one when he shouldn't, but their proliferation is such I believe it would have made little difference.
In Australia when these types of weapons were legal, they were easy to buy new, 2nd hand, find lying in grandads wardrobe. After our laws changes, and now a couple of decades on. We have had multiple gun amnesty's where they can be handed in no questions asked, many police raids where they have been found and seized.
Honestly, I am a gun owner, my family members own guns. And I can tell you I would not even know where to start to find a weapon like that. I don't doubt there are a few stubborn old timers out there with the oddone under a floorboard. But when they hand in their knives and forks, likely as not that will be another Semi Auto handed in by their kids at the next Gun Amnesty. One more off the streets.
So Gun control will work if enforced country wide, and given enough time. It has worked in Australia.
I am not saying take away all your guns. Just the insane ones that private citizens have no logical need for.
Here is a gun similar to one of mine.
Here is a mad minute with a 303, with someone aiming.
Guy no 1 gets 16 out of 18 hits. Guy no 2 gets 10 out of 15 hits.
They are using stripper clips to help reload speed
Best guy 18 aimed shots in 1 minute.
There are folks who do better without aiming
And yes its an old gun but you are still looking at similar results with a modern bolt action.
This one is hard to tell, but I think I counted about 50 shots in 10 seconds
We dont see a reload but assuming even 15 seconds thats still 100 shots in a minute.
Still Semi Auto I think as his finger sounds like it gets tired and slows down.
Here is what you can buy in the US,
Do I really need to count them to make my point.
I counted anyway, roughly, I think about 250 rounds in a minute.