The only answer is to make owning a gun an "arduous" process.
And stiff penalties for illegal gun possession.
Those who want them can still get them, but there will be a lot less
guns floating around. Yeah, floating around. Virtually every gun used
in crime started its life with a "legal owner," a Joe Putz or Greg
Fretwell, or Harry Krause.
Even suicides would decrease because that's usually an impulse move.
The only thing stopping it is the gun nuts. They'll lose in the end.
I won't deeply care unless somebody I care about gets shot.
Hasn't happened yet. But I don't have trouble voting for anybody
who want guns severely restricted.
I'll still be able to get one if I want to. Of course I'm sane.
Your sanity is your opinion. It won't fly in the opinion of many here
because your ideas "infringe" on their rights.
What the hell. Maybe Holder and company will supply arms to those who
should not have them. Or there will be importers selling unregistered
weapons of all capabilities. Sort of like drugs. They are illegal, been a
war on drugs for years, and there is plenty available. Price has not kept
up with inflation according to studies, which means via supply and demand
there is more being imported than is required. Look at Mexico. Guns are
heavily controlled. And look at the amount of East Block fully automatic
weapons they are using. Fast and furious and the U.S. Supplying weapons is
a drop in the armory. Maybe a high quality handgun for a leader, but most
are probably AK variants. We have not sold that many full auto weapons to
the public ever.