Would better gun control help?

[Jimbone]

All anyone who wants to talk about gun control has to do is look at Washington, DC. They have the strictest gun laws in the nation... from 1976 to 2008, you could not even own a handgun in DC. As such, one would expect that DC would be one of the safest cities and have the lowest incidence of gun violence in the nation.

However, that is not and has not been the case. Violent gun crime in DC has been a rampant problem for decades, and DC is consistently in the top cities with the highest gun violence rates. Christ, their NBA team used to be called the Bullets!

Chicago, IL is another city with very strict gun laws that is consistently among the top cities with gun violence rates. The list could go on, but you get the point. Gun control laws do absolutely nothing to stop gun crime. Criminals and those intent on killing with firearms do not play by rules, and do not follow laws. Everyone needs to wise up and remember that.

If James Holmes couldn't have gotten a firearm and a high capacity magazine, he would have killed people anyway. He is a sick bastard. Maybe he would have burned the theater down instead. Maybe he would have used his brain to mix a deadly noxious gas instead.

Scumbags and criminals will always find a way to bring the mayhem. Laws mean absolutely nothing to them.