I don’t like gun posts. They are just about as bad as abortion posts when it comes to generating interesting threads. Having said that, I think I should mention that the only murderer I know personally, killed his victim with a gun he made from a kit.
It was a cap lock pistol and he used to kill his hated stepmother when we were in 7th grade. On the murder day, he shot her with a lead ball through a wall while she stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes. Everyone knew that it was no accident. He had talked about killing his stepmother for two years to anyone who he happened to get into a conversation with.
He went to kids jail for a while. Then he got out. Then he raped and stabbed a girl and left her for dead. Then went to adult jail for life. She lived.
Anyway – I’m not a proponent of handmade guns because they are less lethal. Even with every kid in Pakistan working around the clock – I think the handmade provision would, in time, significantly reduce the number of guns available to criminals.
I realize it is a nonsense position though. The gun nuts have won. It is all just boring button pushing at this point.