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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

If the Brady Bill did not reduce crime, why do democrats want to expand it to private sales?

Are facts like kryptonite to democrats

http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/news/2003_spr/coo...

Study Shows Brady Bill Had No Impact on Gun Homicides

The Brady Bill, the most important piece of federal gun control legislation in recent decades, has had no statistically discernable effect on reducing gun deaths, according to a study by Philip J. Cook, a Duke University professor of public policy, economics and sociology. "

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@Just Saiyan, that would make sense if you weren't using the same material to sow up the holes that failed the first time. 80% of homicides are gang related and gangs are created by the war on drugs just like gangs were created by alcohol prohibition. We know that ending prohibition shutdown the alcohol crime so ending the war on drugs would shut down drug crime. We know the brady bill did nothing so common sense says an expansion of the bill would do nothing. We know what works and what doesn't work.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Some states like Colorado, where I live, do not require people to get a background check if they buy a gun from a private dealer Example: If they call a private dealer and meet at his house and he sells them a pistol or a rifle, there's no background check required. Just money required to purchase. They want to expand this bill into private sales so that background checks will be for all gun transactions so nobody whos prohibited from having a gun gets through. But of course, criminals don't care about this law. They illegally purchase all the time.

    But personally, I believe that having the criminal history checks for everybody will be a good idea, it can't hurt. But the dems and libs just want to take away our gun rights, that's all. This Brady bill you're talking about, well..... With or without it... Crime would still be a problem. We need to stop punishing the citizens for the actions of one mass shooter and start banning criminals and crazies from guns more than we have been, not banning guns for citizens all over the nation because all it does is cause unrest and cause citizens to suffer even though they weren't the ones who did the shootings.

    And yes, facts are kryptonite to democrats. They can't have anybody tell them they're wrong or the guns they want taken off the shelves aren't the problem, but the crazies rather. They're stuck on the idea that citizens are responsible for gun crimes and that the more guns we have on the market for legal purchase, then the more gun crimes are going to happen. Not true, according to the FBI, most gun crimes were committed by known criminals or gang members who illegally purchased and owned guns and most criminals do not legally purchase their guns. On the other hand, citizens almost %100 of the time purchase legally, and are not responsible for these gun crimes. The libs and democrats just want to use the mass shootings as an excuse to take guns away from us and limit our freedom. They're never going to be happy, even if they ban all guns except for flint lock and muskets like they had in the civil war(not likely) they still won't be happy until all projectile weapons and the second amendment are gone. Why? They're just idiots who believe a tyrannical government is the answer to all their problems, and it'll protect them, when in reality, giving up their rights willfully and screaming at other people to do the same without knowing any facts or haring any other arguments, is just a dire mistake and they don't realize that. They've nothing better to do than yell at you and not even care about what you have to say, they just sit back and spew their non-sensical arguments at you until you get a headache. Don't listen to them. The federal gun ban didn't pass and they're wrong about everything. Even the Sandy Hook shooting. Because that's all they prefer to do is argue and not care what anybody else has to say.

    Source(s): Just a little background with my answer.
  • Arnie
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Criminals don't pay any attention to laws... If guns were ever banned than only the bad guys would have them..Criminals prefer unarmed victims!!

    Having a gun will not help all the time but being defenseless will never help..

    Calling 911 and asking the bad guy to wait is not a viable option.

    Better to have a gun and not need it than to need it and not have it!!!

    **Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens.**

    Arnie

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Gun control has nothing to do with reducing violent crime and everything to do with eliminating the people's ability to resist government power.

    Why do you think it's always the socialists who want to ban guns?

    Are we supposed to believe that something about the redistribution of wealth makes you more safety conscious?

  • 8 years ago

    Social Imperialism

    Source(s): National Imperialism Awareness Month
  • 8 years ago

    Its generally because it was diluted to the point where it was ineffective because their are different types of assault weapons and gun deaths generally occur with fire arms

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Because it will CREATE MORE FELONS who cannot legally own guns

    As written, the recent Democrat plan CANNOT POSSIBLY have ANY impact on ANY real, violent felon but it WOULD make it virtually impossible for any LAWFUL gun-owner to avoid BECOMING a felon.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    It's never been about crime control it has ALWAYS been about exercising more control over the General Population.

    Source(s): Student of history
  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    So they have something to build on when it, also, doesn't work.

    (aka, the socialized Bongocare approach)

    Source(s): ‡ Fascist leftists confiscate.
  • 8 years ago

    If a sack with holes doesn't do a good job of holding things, why do people think sewing up the holes would make it work better?

    Think about it.

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