Do you think the following sentence is true?
Automatic weapon bans don't help get rid of automatic weapons; it's just as easy to get them now as it would be if they were legal and available.
No. It's not even much related to what I said. We already have restrictions on hand guns, and tightening those laws or banning handguns altogether will have some effect very likely. But it's not whether they have easy legal access to it, it's why do they feel the need to have them in the first place, because if people want guns they'll still get them, though it may be a bit more difficult. Drugs and, say, police radar detectors depending on the province are some examples. I support tight gun law restrictions , but it also isn't an effective solution. Gun crime in the USA has as much to do with access as with the gun culture down there.
Banning drugs doesn't get rid of them because it doesn't get to the root of the problem, though it could help the situation a bit.