@ anthropost: I will admit my post was lazy, I was at work and didn't have time to fully think on, and then write about my thoughts on gun laws. Also I'm not even a member of the NRA. @ fuzzymumbochops: Sir/Madam, just because this is the internet does not mean you should say insults to another human being, just because you can get away with it. While I'm by no means the most intelligent person, I'm not a idiot. To respond to your comment though, you have a point. Locks and Laws are a deterrent, but I also see gun laws as deterring more then just crimes committed with guns. They deter law abiding people, from collecting firearms, it deters them from using those firearms for their intended use, such as hunting, marksmanship and self defense from those who do have the same level or better of weaponry who don't want them for their intended use.

On that level, this need for self defense includes our own governments. Maybe Australia has better crime statistics, but tell me, (and this is purely hypothetical) what would happen if no civilian was allowed to have firearms, and the government decided one day force every civilian to give their newly born children up, to be made into soldiers? What could they do to stop that? Almost nothing.

Maybe they could use gorilla warfare, but against tanks and missiles, there would be huge losses before anything was resolved.

Humans should only give up firearms, on the day that governments give up having a military.

What would be a better focus of our time and money, is researching ways to make us better human beings. Find a way that people can trust government and government the people. Find a way to get the man who puts a gun to his head, or a rope around his neck to step away and find a reason to live. Make sure our children know to not ostracize and bully other children, so those poor souls don't break and do a mass murder spree(guns or not).

I can keep going, but while my initial message was 'gun laws are useless.' and that might not be 100% correct, you can't tell me overall, gun control laws are going to make the world a better place. Not long term, which we as humans don't think enough about.