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human
I don't think gun control is effective in any meaningful way. CMV

**Let me preface this with the fact that I don't know all the in's and out's of gun control. These are views built over the years of talks with friends and strangers discussing their points of view on the subject.** 

I don't see how gun control is effective in any really meaningful way. All it does is make it much harder for normal honest citizens to acquire firearms, and slightly harder for criminals. The black market is still there, and always will be. There are people who are in a position to make money selling weapons, and they will do so. Putting controls on the outside will effect the black market minimally. CMV.

EDIT: Thank you all very much for your responses. This has shown me that I knew very little about what gun control was in the details, but overall I believe I have the gist of it down. I appreciate your attempts to sway my opinion, but it seems I am still of the above opinion, and even stronger now. Again thank you for your comments.
gpt
>The black market is still there, and always will be. There are people who are in a position to make money selling weapons, and they will do so. Putting controls on the outside will effect the black market minimally.

I always found this sort of argument a little bit strange, because the goal of gun control isn't to completely eliminate that black market. We don't throw away speeding laws just because there will always be people who speed.

If we reduce the total number of guns, that will reduce the supply of guns available to black market dealers as well. And surely that will make it more difficult for criminals to obtain guns. It's just supply and demand. There is no reason to just throw up our hands and give up, making it as easy as possibly for them to obtain guns.