No. Outlawing an object and expecting it to change people's behavior is not rational
Your question asks for an opinion. My opinion is no, it would not be. Places that have outlawed private ownership of firearms have had INCREASES in violent crime. This is due, at least in part, in the loss of the ability of law abiding people to defend themselves. This would be similar to dealing with drunk driving by outlawing the ownership of cars.
Yes, of course it would, assuming that EVERYONE would obey the ban. However, it is an absolute certainty that "the bad guys" would not obey the ban and the "good guys" would simply be helpless sheep, fit for the killing... robbing... raping... mayhem and other forms of brutality. What would (and has) made the streets safer for people, from gun violence, is to make our Constitutional right to own and bear arms, the law, without licensing or other infringement. The "bad guys" would soon realize that raping, robbing and rapine would have seriously painful or deadly results. Eventually, perhaps then it would no longer be necessary to "outlaw" guns, as there wouldn't be any more outlaws.
no
because they are so big, they would be easy targets on the front line. With the front line defending the machine guns, the machine guns have a safer place to assault from.
because they are so big, they would be easy targets on the front line. With the front line defending the machine guns, the machine guns have a safer place to assault from.
because they are so big, they would be easy targets on the front line. With the front line defending the machine guns, the machine guns have a safer place to assault from.
The P-51 Mustang is safer because it's armed with six machine guns.....
Legal ownership is not the problem.
In many instances, yes.
Some are for it and some are against it. Most believe that they know what is best for the rest of us.
If you take the example of the UK (where guns are banned), the normal police on duty on the streets are not armed with guns. There are UK police trained to use and carry guns but they only do so when responding to a situation where a criminal is seen to be armed. Based on this tried example, is is clear that if guns were banned effectively, the police would not need to carry weapons.