Archie wrote:If I'm honest, I never really understood why they effectively banned pump action and semi auto shotguns but still allowed private ownership of semi-automatic handguns. I get the idea that "pistols put holes in people, shotguns put holes through people" but realistically handguns size just make them better suited for criminal activity than longarms because they're concealable.
Do you believe that lawful owners of handguns put holes in people though?
Making them illegal has zero effect on illegal firearms putting holes in people.
The concealability of handguns is also what makes them fairly ineffective weapons. Anybody that fully expects to be in a bad situation does not go into it with a handgun, they take a rifle or shotgun.