>Sure it's the person rather than the weapon, but without guns, and with thugs only armed with steak knives, I think we'd have a lot less of a problem. I take it you disagree; I mean, as a cop, you'd be just as concerned, and you feel you'e have just as many homocides to deal with if nobody had a gun, but everybody was still allowed to carry a pen?

I'm saying homicide is "the unlawful taking of a human life with malice aforethought" at common law and that means the person who does the killing does it after thinking about it, then making a plan. Gun control laws only work to limit the law abiding citizen's access to a firearm. Those firearms are purchased to protect people from those same criminals who would have a gun anyway. The emphasis needs to be on stronger sentencing, not on gun removal.

By definition, criminals don't follow the laws. Why would you think a law that doesn't get enforced, or doesn't penalize the perpetrator would work?

I've dealt with the garbage of America for the last thirty years and I think I've got a good handle on how to solve the problem.