If one has a banana clip full of lead, sooner or later one will use it...
The federally mandated study on the assault weapons ban found just the opposite, though.
There are many "common sense" analogies and assumptions for gun control, and almost all of them are wrong (some of my own, included). You can believe what you believe, but the actual truth is the actual truth, and it's hard to refute the irrefutable.
Amazon.com: The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong: John R. Lott: Books
Anyone who thinks gun control is a good thing should read the book. Anyone who thinks gun control is a bad thing should also read it. I have never really been passionate one way or the other about most gun laws, because like most people, especially gun owners, it was OK as long as they didn't want to ban
my gun. Assault weapons, bazooka, that's fine, that'll reduce crime, plus they won't be coming after my popgun single-shot .410 shotgun. The book took down a lot of my own myths and misunderstanding about gun control. A snotload of them. I don't even own a gun anymore, but that's mainly because I don't do much hunting anymore. Anyone who wants to argue in support of gun control really needs to get their act together, and one way to start is by reading that book.
They should also take a close look, a really close look at the following:
United States Crime Rates 1960 - 2007
Take a look at how the violent crime rates have just exploded since the end of the assault weapons ban (that was sarcasm).