In Opinion: Gun control—where do criminals get their weapons?

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SGT Michael Glenn - Ok, with that thought. Most GI's, at one time or another, have looked at, bought, or traded pornographic material! So with this idea all GI's, because they have done this are sexual deviants, or Perverts? I get the part of the criminal intent and that is what it is until acted upon and then it becomes ?????? whatever. Correct?

Im trying to understand all this ... how can a criminal legally purchase a firearm at a local sporting goods store?? if they are a criminal, they have pleased your standards and went and got caught, so SHOULD be in the data system, are you saying that sporting good stores are criminals because they sell to criminals???? or are law makers now satisfying your standards by allowing loopholes for criminals to buy weapons??? Im confuzzled here. or did more people just become criminals? This is going pretty fast and Im seeing a lot of criminals being born here...Just sayin sir.

Wow, here we go....Mr. Joe Law Abiding Citizen goes down to his local Dick's or Academy and buys himself a new Glock and goes home. He is able to legally purchase that Glock because he has no criminal record that would prevent him from doing so. A few days, weeks, years or whatever, him and the missus get into an argument and he shoots her with his Glock...maybe he gets fired and goes back to work and shoots his boss...maybe he becomes radicalized through the interweb and shoots a bunch of random people...who knows. But once he does that, whether he is caught or not, he becomes a criminal. Also at that point he is a criminal who committed a crime with a legally purchased weapon.

Nicely said, Im a firm believer in gun control... you have to use proper breathing and a steady trigger squeeze among other steps to ensure the one round one kill scenario... Yep, Im all for gun control.

I think the key here is enforcing current laws and imposing harsh penalties for people that commit crimes with guns. You will never keep guns out of the hands of criminals as long as guns are in existence, and if that were true then criminals would just find a new tool of choice...knife, bat, rock or stick.

Thats an awesome question.

I certainly agree with enforcement of current laws and at present a very poor job is being done there. Criminals will still get firearms but then there are supposed to be penalties for that esp when they have committed a crime using a firearm.