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Posted By: peter chao

Zach,

You right criminals will still carry guns. But look at another situation that occurred recently in Japan, where there are harsh criminal laws against handguns.

Tetsuya Shiroo who is an alleged gang boss, takes a handgun and shoots the mayor of Nagasaki Itchoo Ito. But that's it, one person dies and then Mr. Shiroo is captured and there are no other casualties.

I would submit that harsh criminal penalties against guns period are responsible for limiting the killings from a madman. Itchoo Ito was in a public place if Tetsuya Shiroo had an assault rifle, he probably could have shot a half dozen people before being stopped.

Peter