[Ben Mitchell]

Good points Joel Glidden.

One point I have to make though, is how will banning guns solve anything?

We banned drugs too, and they are still around, heck, they are probably even more popular, since they are against the law.

There is no way that stopping people from LEGALLY owning firearms is going to prevent deaths. If I cannot own a gun legally, then only criminals, who own guns illegally, will be armed. The populace is effectively disarmed, and helpless.