"There are literally no gun laws in Texas"

[cbr600]

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[ELB]

Well jeepers, I've been wasting my time worrying about 30.06 signs and keeping my gun covered up and making sure my rifle barrel was at least 16 inches long...whaddya know, all a figment of my imagination.

[chartreuse]

Another bloke who doesn't know what the word "literally" means, then.

[Hoi Polloi]

Anyone else recalling the MadTV literally sketches about now?

[RPB]

Soooooo perjury? ... he should know better.

Admits to a conspiracy to commit scheming:
Starting in summer 2008, the city, working with the police department and the federal Government, has been developing a scheme of registration of firearms in various conditions, a precedent to registering a firearm legally

Another admission:
The problem is getting your hands on firearms that are not legally registered.


And that .... is why we don't register them for your convenience(confiscation).

[Beiruty]

isn't that called freedom?

[karl]

In fact, right now, we are fighting in court not only the question of gun registration, but the question of the huge guns, huge magazines and machine guns.

Huge Guns


Huge Magazines


Machine Guns


My, what a problem we have here in the states. Honestly though, I think his "literally no gun laws" statement was spoken in enormous exaggeration to cater to his audience. The Home Affairs Committee doesn't seem to look fondly upon ownership of firearms en masse.

[philip964]

And with literally no gun laws, we are still here. And Mexico which is just a pebble skip from Texas and which does not allow guns at all nada, is a gun fight at the OK corral every single day of the week. Who would have thought.

Can you imagine we can go to a gun show and just buy a gun. Wow.

Yeah this freedom thing is really kind of nice.

[Beiruty]

Have you read the questions and his answers?

They are schoking and pro gun without him noticing.

Q315: About Registeration of Guns and effect on crime.
A)

What we’re really concerned about is the use of firearms in connection with crimes of violence-assault, robbery or homicide. We have found that when you register a gun, and when you have the kinds of records that we have with respect to the guns that are registered and the individuals who are registering those guns, those guns-those registered firearms-have very rarely, if ever, been used in crimes. So when we have crimes that involve firearms, we have found that when we trace the firearms back, they’re firearms that relate to purchases in other jurisdictions around the United States. That is a significant problem for us.

Good guys, register their guns, no crime
Bad guys, do not register guns, commit crimes
Net effect, no change on crime

I think you do not need a Ph.D. in criminology nor a Law degree from Harvard to come the same conclusion. Simply registration do not work.


Crime before the ban, during the ban, and after the ban.
Q320 Mr Clappison: Attorney-General, your ban was introduced in 1976, I believe, and it has only recently been relaxed. Are you able to say if there was any significant change in the level of firearm violence and firearms used in crime over that period? What happened after 1976, and has anything happened recently?
Peter Nickles: We had a pretty good track record after 1976. Of course, one can use statistics to prove almost any point, but there was a period starting in about 1986 when we had a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington DC and the homicide rate went up to 479-in fact, Washington DC was then known as the murder capital of the United States. So there was, of course, criticism fostered by the NRA and some other groups who said, "Look at the failure of strict bans on weapons." I think it’s fair to say that after the crack cocaine epidemic was dealt with, the number of homicides-particularly with guns-has gone down significantly.
Last year, in 2009, we had 143 homicides, which was the lowest total since 1966. This year we are on a trend to go well below that number, so the registration system that we have imposed over the last two years, along with the various kinds of training and other identification requirements, have been very helpful not only in reducing the use of guns, but in absolutely reducing the total number of homicides and violent crime.


During the ban homocide shoot up to 479, in 2009 it goes to a low 143 and in 2010 will kep getting low. So, after the ban crime goes down? why, Mr Rocket Scientist?