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Guns being illegal would solve absolutely nothing. First of all if only the law enforcement and the military had guns they would be free to impose their will on anyone without guns, or the general public. That might be fine for right now, but lets say a really powerful leader gets in office and takres control and then uses the army and police to enforce their will on the citizens, kind of like the first series of star wars movies. You might think that it could never happen, but it happens all over the world in many different countries, at many idfferent points in history. Secondly on a different note. If criminals have guns now, one would assume they would be able to get guns if they are illegal. By having guns outlawed you only leave the average citizen defenseless. OK they could call the police, but what are they going to do with a gun carrying criminal in their house for the next ten minutes until the police get there? What we need is gun awareness. Teach kids about guns and theach them to respect them. If we as a society were more open about guns then we would greatly be able to reduce the number of gun related accidental fatalities. As far as the murder rate. If a gun is illegal and you want to kill someone what makes you think you wouldnt use a knife, or a sword, or an anvil or your fist. Granted a gun makes it easier to kill people, but violenece is going to exist whether or not guns are legal. Just my $0.02 [img]smile.gif[/img]