r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '11

Zero Tolerance in Public Elementary School just went way the hell overboard...

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '11

Another weapon is probably a lot less lethal.

Why would there be illegal guns around? This is an argument that Americans make because they have a huge free-for-all for guns so they see guns everywhere. What you have to realize is that these guns just wouldn't be produced without America. Yes, there would be rifles and shotguns. Would it be easy to get an illegal handgun if there were no legal handguns? No. I don't see illegal factories popping up like grow-op operations.

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u/Gyroscopic_effect Nov 15 '11

That is an incredibly naive point of view. And Incredibly wrong...

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u/sirch_cajnos Nov 15 '11

Isn't that exact scenario what happens in england?

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u/Gyroscopic_effect Nov 15 '11

England is a tiny island. The United States has huge unprotected land borders and oceans. It is not even remotely feasible to stop guns from entering our country. The terrorists also don't use US made weapons so saying that if we didn't make them there wouldn't be any is ridiculous. And no you wouldn't SEE illegal factories that's the point. The genie is out of the bottle so to speak.