Why shotgun ammo is still there (and 22 isn't)

Pure theory/conjecture here, just my own thoughts, nothing and nobody else involved...


In other words, ******* with shotguns or their ammo would be like ******* with golf, and all the bankers and fat cats who Bork Obunga works for would come down on him like a ton of bricks.

bring the entire system down.

Shotgun sports are largely an upper-class thing or at least a big part of what you'd call shotgun sports are an upper-class thing.

still no 22 ammo in sight. 22 Of course would be the ammo which common people would use to try to put food (snail darters, delta smelts, Bambi, Thumper, spotted owls, and every sort of sacred2Gaea thing) on their tables after Bork's asshole policies bring the entire system down.

Is John Lott, the author of “More Guns, Less Crime” right? Does the rapid growth of gun ownership and armed citizens have anything to do with a diminishing gun violence trend? His expansive research concludes that state “shall issue” laws which allow citizens to carry concealed weapons do produce a steady decrease in violent crime. He explains that this is logical because criminals are deterred by the risk of attacking an armed target, so as more citizens arm themselves, danger to the criminals increases.

Whether or not you buy that reasoning, and it does make sense to me, what about the notion that tougher gun laws have or would make any difference? With the toughest gun laws in the nation, Chicago saw homicides jump to 513 in 2012, a 15% hike in a single year. The city’s murder rate is 15.65 per 100,000 people, compared with 4.5 for the Midwest, and 5.6 for Illinois.

Up to 80 percent of Chicago murders and non-fatal shootings are gang- related, primarily young black and Hispanic men killed by other black and Hispanic men. Would tightening gun laws even more, or “requiring” background checks, change these conditions?