&gt; Since the anti-gun lobby cannot outlaw them completely they tack on automatic sentence multipliers<p>I rarely hear anyone say they want to outlaw guns <i>completely</i>, but perhaps that was meant as hyperbole? In any case, do you have some evidence that the multipliers were a reaction to difficulties in regulating guns?<p>Most Americans believe guns should be regulated more stringently; I would guess that they believe these laws are just, not a political trick. Also, at least sometimes American law more stringently punishes crimes committed with any weapon, guns or otherwise, than crimes committed without one.