Lizard_King wrote:

During the offense that brought them to prison, 15% of State inmates and 13% of Federal inmates carried a handgun, and about 2%, a military-style semiautomatic gun.

All your 5/6 stat is talking about is ownership of guns, irrespective of the nature of the crime committed. So don't pretend its the conclusive statement you make it out to be.

First off 40% of handguns can be pushed out from possession by anyone who isn't willing to tolerate police inspections via legal methods (see that page I linked). The other 60% will have to be cleaned up via sharply increased handgun-specific penalties.

Bullshit. One, this 60/40 of yours, while plausible, is only part of the story when it comes to the actual crimes being committed (as I pointed out above). Two, the only way that 60% you so daintily toss aside will be dealt with is with Giulianiesque "brownshirting", which seems an unacceptable solution to you. Already we are looking at significant extra penalties for ANY firearm use; much like hate crimes legislation, all your focus provides is a symbolic victory with little effect on actual crime.

And don't knock Glocks on the basis of wholly subjective "don't feel right" opinions. They involve trade-offs, sure. But they are the only handguns that you can clean fully in 2 minutes flat with minimal practice, operate with a minimum presence of user error, and not have your pants fall down due to their weight. And since you like statistics so much, talk to the millions of law enforcement officers that use them as their primary weapon.