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One gun-related murder negates any reason for strengthening gun laws

Just this morning, I read the following post on Facebook from a Tea Partier: "Nikko Jenkins was released from prison on July 30th for a ten-year stint for felony assault and burglary. Now he's in custody for the murder of a young mother... He had guns and ammo....Tell me again how gun laws protect people? ..." First thing's first - based on the minimal information provided in the post, it's virtually impossible to put forth a strong argument for or against stronger gun laws based on this one case. However, if we just look at things from a surface-value standpoint, this post sounds ridiculous. "He had guns and ammo.... Tell me again how gun laws protect people?" Let's see here - if we had stronger gun laws, it would have been more difficult for him to obtain guns and ammo, correct? If a person who once had a suspended license got into an accident which killed somebody, would this individual then say, "Tell me again how traffic ...