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Well, if Brazil is trying to confiscate guns from its citezens, it must be a good idea.

Gun control is based an a fundamentally absurd assumption: If guns are illegal, criminals won't have them.

Now, I think making it illegal for citezens would have some benefit. "Crime of Passion" murders and sucides would probably show some decrease. Certainly there are other means than guns to kill yourself or your spouse, but most are not as effective, so the success rate on attempts would go down.

What will almost certainly not happen with gun control is that hardened criminals will be disarmed, making guns illegal will be just about as effective in disarming criminals as making drugs illegal has been in keeping them from using and selling drugs.

I don't think the first benefit is worth the cost of reducing the ability of the law-abiding citizen to defend himself against criminals, or if it becomes necessary, the government.