"We Must Ban Hammers!"

And clubs! And anything that can be USED as a club, like one of those metal flashlights the cops carry and are so easy to buy, that are so heavy! And heavy ash trays! And vases! And hands and feet! Many people have been killed with all of these things, so we must ban them! How about politicians’ mouths? People have been killed by what politicians SAY! We must ban ANYTHING that is capable of self-defense! FBI figures show that more people have been killed and injured by hammers and other kinds of clubs than guns. And even more people were killed by “personal weapons” such as hands, fists, feet, than with rifles and shotguns COMBINED! What about cars? More people have been killed and injured by cars than by ANY kind of weapon! Should we ban cars? So how do we stop people from getting killed? Ban everything? Or find some way to stop killings before they happen?

Gun-free zones certainly don’t work. Would-be mass shooters SEARCH OUT gun-free zones in which to do their shooting because they can be pretty sure the law-abiding there will not be armed. Criminals actually ADMIT that. Nor do background checks. The stories of mass shootings committed by felons who have PASSED a background check, THEN committed a mass shooting are rife. Guns are easier to get ILLEGALLY than legally. If you passed a law banning all guns (if you could), “bad guys” would still get their guns. They don’t obey laws. They’re CRIMINALS! If you banned the MAKING of guns, criminals would have a “field day” making ILLEGAL guns. There isn’t a way in HELL to stop “gun crime” with what we have, so far. So let the law-abiding have guns with which to defend themselves. That’s the ONLY solution. Yes, that would increase gun fights for a while as the law-abiding kill off the lawless who try to victimize them, reducing crime, one criminal at a time. But then, things would get better with fewer illegal guns being in use. (Breitbart)