Why is your opinion regarding different (more) laws different from that
regarding the laws we already have? - What's so good about the existing
laws (that apparently causes you to regard them differently than new
laws)? You're not being consistent when you say that more (or different)
laws would be useless, but we shouldn't cancel the ones we have.

Many of the laws we have are stupid and pointless but not all of
them. I think that adding more laws makes things more difficult and
we are already haveing a very hard time keepin gup with the ones we
have. I don't think that spending time and money on more restrictions
than are already in place will do any good and in fact I feelt that it
will make things worse. I think that the laws aimed at making policy
makers look like they are doing something (such as laws that ban guns
more on appearance than actual crime usage) should be removed but
things like registering and background checks should stay in place. I
do think that people should have to take a test to purchse any firearm
anywhere in the U.S. not just handguns. I do think that laws
regarding safe storage and handling should stay on the books. I can't
speak for outside CA but here you have to have approved locks on all
of your guns and everyone I know uses them. It's not an all or
nothing with me, not that you are advocating this, but I have seen
what more gun laws do to help and I am really unimpressed. I do know
that when something goes wrong with a legally owned firearm it is
usually because laws that are already in place are being violated but
not enforced or used properly (i.e. a crazy person person is not
reported to the proper authorities). Sometimes thougth there is
nothing the laws will do to stop this kind of violence.

If you are getting your information and opinions from police and from
Harvard law graduates, I'm impressed. But I think it's pretty well
accepted that most police chiefs in large departments favor more
restrictive gun regulations.

I can't speak for what most police chiefs think or want but in my
experience the thing they want the most is to stop letting criminals
out of prison and off easy. Many crimes are committed either because
the criminals are not concerned with the consequences, becuse they
seem them as a joke, or because those that have already been caught
are let out early and go back to breaking the law. I know this isn't
part of gun control but if the person is held responsible and not let
off easily then the crime of hurting another will be committed less.
I think we can all agree that it's stopping the violence against
innocent people that's important here not guns themselves. I
understand that some people think that restricting or banning guns is
a partial solution but I don't see how more restrictions will help
when the ones we have get trampled all over on a regular basis by
those people that do mean to harm others.