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[SpleenBeGone]

Zombies are a damn good reason to own a gun. >.>

[Calvary]

What would you guys propose to try and lower gun crime levels then? That's not a sarcastic comment or anything, I'm genuinely curious because upon reflection, it's really quite a hard thing to do once they are engrained into a society. I would suggest perhaps that weapon shops aren't allowed to sell pistols or parts for them any more? Eventually then it'd be a case of attrition to fix broken pistols until they finally broke for good? That being said, I don't know anything about guns so for all I know they last a long time or they have interchangeable parts or something.

[SpleenBeGone]

Education, and a crack down on the crimes that make people buy the weapons. As noted, here in the southern US, the drug trade in Mexico is the major cause of gun crimes. If that problem was solved, there would be less of a demand for illegal guns, which are what's mostly used in gun crimes. From there, stricter laws on gun ownership, requiring education to purchase guns would cut down on the accidents as well.

As far as parts and lifespan of guns, a well maintained one can easily last generations. The oldest in my collection is a .22 rifle from 1921. All original, and still in working condition. I shoot it regularly. There are many muskets from the 1600's and earlier still in perfect working condition.

[Champion of Cyrodiil]

I think one way to reduce gun crime is to change the way they are portrayed in movies, tv shows, etc. People who do not have real gun experience I would think are inclined to evaluate through TV and video games. That would reduce the domestic gun crimes you hear about on CNN.

As for the import/export and war on drugs, (which spleenbe talkin' bout) I think you could reduce gun crime by reducing the penalty for drug crimes. But the politicians want all the "bible thumpers" to vote for them, so it will be awhile.

I believe we have the largest criminal population in the world?

[Affray]

I think one way to reduce gun crime is to change the way they are portrayed in movies, tv shows, etc. People who do not have real gun experience I would think are inclined to evaluate through TV and video games. That would reduce the domestic gun crimes you hear about on CNN.

As for the import/export and war on drugs, (which spleenbe talkin' bout) I think you could reduce gun crime by reducing the penalty for drug crimes. But the politicians want all the "bible thumpers" to vote for them, so it will be awhile.

I believe we have the largest criminal population in the world?

The States has the largest prisoner population in the world I believe.
However, that does not mean it has the largest criminal population in the world.
A lot of countries don't crack down on a lot of criminal activity as much as the States does.

I think the place with the highest criminal concentration is fairly obvious.
Gotham city.

[Champion of Cyrodiil]

Nobody cares right now... we are restoring power to the Union.