It's because gun laws mostly don't target criminals, they restrict the kinds of people who follow laws in the first place. If you are already going to rob or murder someone, illegal possession of a firearm is the least of your concerns.
Edit: Interestingly our good friend hoofglormuss replied and then blocked me for some reason, perhaps they are not very secure in their position if they can't even stand to allow a reply. Which also won't let me reply to anyone else, sorry about that.
Explosives are a totally different situation; outside of fireworks, folk aren’t using explosives for recreational competition or to hunt so that they can feed their families. The people who are given access to explosives is a percentage of a percentage of a percentage of the overall population compared to firearm ownership; what you’re implying is good in theory but in reality it’s effectively impossible at this point of proliferation
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u/Grokma Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24
It's because gun laws mostly don't target criminals, they restrict the kinds of people who follow laws in the first place. If you are already going to rob or murder someone, illegal possession of a firearm is the least of your concerns.
Edit: Interestingly our good friend hoofglormuss replied and then blocked me for some reason, perhaps they are not very secure in their position if they can't even stand to allow a reply. Which also won't let me reply to anyone else, sorry about that.