Petterson, Dogwood:
I believe the anti-handgun logic isn’t in that criminals will stop using handgun just because of a law that says so, but rather that if law obeying people will stop using handguns, demand for them will drop, and fewer handgun will be produced/imported in/into the US, making it more difficult for a criminal to find a handgun to use for a crime.
That logic might actually work, if there weren’t something like 250million guns already in the united states, or at least if handguns had a very limited lifespan and had to be replaced every 2-5 years. Unfortunately there are enough handguns out there to keep the criminal world supplied for the next century or so, without anymore being produced.
If one was a subscriber to “less guns means less crime” philosophy (Which I’m not, for what should be obvious reasons), then a better approach would be to outlaw the manufacture/sale/import of ammunition, since it actually “expires”. Again, I don’t think that would be good idea, but at least it would be more consistent.
