In article <fHePe.10663$Vg7.3109@trnddc06>, 351CJ wrote:

> If a criminal wants a gun they will get it with or without these silly
> little feel good infringements, and they do because they know there are no
> serious ramifications if they get caught with a gun.

Furthermore, the penalities for having the illegal gun will always be
less than the crimes these criminals intend to use the gun for. So the
penalty will not deter them by definition because they are CRIMINALS.