... best marksmen there is, you could only make a hand gun acerate up to 25 yards."(Apr 18. 2002) This takes handguns out of the running for being a good hunting aid. Rifles on the other hand are extremely acerate from long distances making them very useful in the hunting department. The only useful reason of owning a handgun would be to conceal your ... weapon. The only type of individual that would have to conceal such a weapon, would be the individual who is about to commit an illegal matter. Rifles are hard to conceal, thus making it near impossible to hide it. If we eliminated hand gun...

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... states do not require firearms registrations or even limits on the types of firearms a person can own. Especially in the southern states such as Texas, a person can legally own automatic rifles or semi-automatic guns given they do not possess certain features such as an extended ammunition magazine. Alaska has similarly loose gun laws where a gun license and state background check ... ...

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... how gun control works in the real world-which is safe to say that is doesn't. Under the laws of Colorado, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were able to own rifles and shotguns, but were too young to buy them. They found a way though by having their 18-year-old friend Robyn Anderson buy the firearm and while buying them, he ... ...

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... rifle or revolver. There is no reason why anyone would ever need to own an assault weapon or even most handguns. People should be restricted to basic guns such as rifles, shotguns, and revolvers. This would eliminate the more dangerous guns, but still give hunters and people who use a gun what they need. Any other types of guns aren't. Finally, there ... ...

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... not too long ago. Residents who currently live in D.C. have sixty days to register there handguns, and after the time period is up, their newly acquired handguns became illegal. But, rifles and shotguns could still be purchased and owned after the time period ran out. The result of the new law surprised a lot of people. There was a 25 percent drop in ... ...

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