10. There are better, deadlier and messier ways to kill people.
9. If we can't control drugs how can we control guns?
8. When guns are outlawed, everyone who wants a gun will have one.
7. I recently found a gun that had been lost in my house for three years. How are we going to find the ones people want to hide?
6. Some guns are worth thousands of dollars and most are worth hundreds. Who gets to pay for them?
5. If it saves just one life, it won't be worth it.
4. When guns are outlawed, only cops and criminals will have guns.
3. When guns are outlawed, books and newspapers can't be far behind.
2. Any smart 12 year old kid can go to any supermarket and come out 24 hours later with a working, loaded gun and a functional bomb.
1. We have been training criminals to use machine tools in our prisons for 100 years and books on gunmaking are in every library, instructions are on the internet and millions of people have the knowledge without reading a book. Who do you think will replace Smith & Wesson, Colt and Ruger?