Thread: Support for tighter Acat storage

I think there are two distinct schools of thought.

There is and always will be crime and criminals. Crime and criminals are gradually getting worse, more criminals are willing to use violence against other criminals, the police and the public. More criminals are willing to use and want guns to this end. Most criminals get their firearms illegally through theft, generally from residential burglaries. Because of this, and because it is too hard and will take too long to solve the issues that create criminals, gun owners need to give some ground and bare the financial burden of securing their firearms to a greater standard, making it more difficult to all but the most determined theives to steal their guns. This will at least slow the flow of guns to criminal hands and the black market.

The other school of thought, is that society needs to address the issues that create criminals in the first place, rather than imposing more regulations on generally honest, law abiding and productive members of society. Making gun owners install better safes won't stop or prevent criminals from committing burglaries in the first place, because there are no real consequences for theft in this country. The government, judiciary, police and to a greater extent society, need to grow a spine and dish out real punishments for offenders and lock up repeat offenders for a very long time. The authorities need to put more effort into destroying organised crime. Society needs to sort it's shit out so less people become criminals.

That's how I'm looking at the debate