How insane is it that you could own a deadly machine like an AR-15 and not need to register it?

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144. I'd like for you to think

about this point of view if you would.
Look at those homicides in detail. These studies are quite often (meaning almost always) very skewed in order to produce a desired result. Key details are often omitted for this reason.
What we do know about "gun homicides" is that by far, the large majority of them are committed in gang and drug crimes. Those are activities that are not constitutionally protected, and can actually be addressed. Amending The Constitution is simply not achievable, especially by using sketchy information and studies in order to try swaying public opinion. Most people are too smart to fall for that.
So instead, I would propose going after the gang-bangers and drug bastards who are committing these murders (and almost always with stolen guns I might add). Sure, we already do, but how much are we really taking this seriously? For one, stopping the ingress of dope into our country and shut it down would be a proper step to take. Or even better, decriminalize all illicit drugs (and that means no taxing it either) to collapse the price and make the shit worthless? How many people would be killing each other over a truckload of coke if it were only worth the gas money it took to transport it?
We have so many options. And I do NOT support expanding the "war on drugs" as it is currently configured. It's stupid as hell and hasn't ever worked. But that is where a huge bulk of the gun crimes spring from, and it would be a damned good start.