User blog comment:Catfishperson/American Politics Polls./@comment-26236093-20160302213500/@comment-26149161-20160307025054

But it would keep guns off the streets in general, making it harder for criminals to get them. At the very least, we need stricter background checks, because now it's relatively easy for a criminal to just buy a gun. Gun control isn't perfect, by any means. But it does help.

Also, why does America even allow assault rifles to be sold? What use have they besides slaughtering people?

But also, America has one of the most lax gun control in the world, and countries that have stricter laws (Britain, Canada) don't appear to be doing so poorly.