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Originally Posted by raymr
The country is flooded with firearms. They last indefinitely and more are being produced every day. Here and elsewhere, in factories and in private 1-man shops. Those are facts. We have seen gun bans that do nothing. We only need to look at Prohibition in the 1930's for a similar scenario of worthless laws. So controlling the supply is a nonstarter. Personal responsibility and getting a line on potential wackos would be the logical direction to go. Some form of mandatory gun safety school should be required for everyone, and that venue would also provide an opportunity to weed out some of society's sick people who need help. The trouble right now is the people who are flying under the radar who desperately need help but they are not getting it. Just one gun or any weapon in that person's hands spells disaster.
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on this we agree, but many of the compromises on the table are not discussing limiting weapons ownership, but placing restrictions and methods of tracking them, and even small changes are rejected, meaning that the flooded situation will continue as it has without even an attempt, and who knows, the next one could be the crazy relative jplinville described breaking into his house, taking his gun, and shooting a bunch of people.
Any effect would be a good effect, even in you completely halted the manufacture of certain types of guns and cut off selling them to people, thats something that could be done. There are a million ways we could do something to improve control and regulation.
I personally think that things like no waiting period gun show sales should be forbidden, and ammunition should not be saleable without demostrated proof of gun ownership in that exact caliber.