Realistically what can we do about guns when we have 430 million in the US

[Anonymous]

I support gun control 100%, I hate guns. I wish we could get rid of all of them. Every other country that passed landmark gun ban legislation after a massacre seems to have started at a much lower baseline of guns in circulation. Even if we repealed the 2nd amendment tomorrow and banned every single type of firearm besides maybe single shot hunting rifles, how long would it take to confiscate and destroy all 430 million guns? Decades? And we have probably 20% of the country being adamantly opposed to any kind of gun ban... they won't comply. Are we completely stuck? It's depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I support gun control 100%, I hate guns. I wish we could get rid of all of them. Every other country that passed landmark gun ban legislation after a massacre seems to have started at a much lower baseline of guns in circulation. Even if we repealed the 2nd amendment tomorrow and banned every single type of firearm besides maybe single shot hunting rifles, how long would it take to confiscate and destroy all 430 million guns? Decades? And we have probably 20% of the country being adamantly opposed to any kind of gun ban... they won't comply. Are we completely stuck? It's depressing.

Yes I think we are stuck. More guns than people, ghost guns and inadequate controls for registered guns let alone rogue guns.

[Anonymous]

Those dastardly founding fathers (unfortunately) didn’t anticipate that you would disagree with them, how rude and short-sighted they were.

If you don’t like guns, don’t own guns. Easy. You are completely free to be gun free.

[Anonymous]

I’m hoping we can make the gun manufacturers and gun sellers (stores, dealers) pay big every time there is a gun homicide. That money could go to services for crime victims as well as to beefing up police protection against guns. I’m spitballing here but why does society have to pay for services incurred by guns, and the corporations making profits from guns do not?

I’m also hoping for a huge tax on ammo, to go to similar services.

If the gun manufacturers and sellers take a hit every time a 6 year old’s body does, that’s a start.

[Anonymous]

1. Make it legal for law abiding citizens to carry guns in most places.
2. Don’t do stupid things like tax ammo. You want people carrying guns to practice.
3. If someone commits a crime with a gun they get an extra 15 years on sentence with no chance for parole.
4. Watch gun crimes plummet.
5. Look at Switzerland and see how a country can have a strong positive gun culture - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wnBDK-QNZkM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m hoping we can make the gun manufacturers and gun sellers (stores, dealers) pay big every time there is a gun homicide. That money could go to services for crime victims as well as to beefing up police protection against guns. I’m spitballing here but why does society have to pay for services incurred by guns, and the corporations making profits from guns do not?

I’m also hoping for a huge tax on ammo, to go to similar services.

If the gun manufacturers and sellers take a hit every time a 6 year old’s body does, that’s a start.

What are services incurred by guns?

[Anonymous]

Services incurred by guns like EMS, trauma surgery, PT and OT, grief and trauma counseling, rebuilding the front door to the elementary school…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Services incurred by guns like EMS, trauma surgery, PT and OT, grief and trauma counseling, rebuilding the front door to the elementary school…

Those are not services by guns. If someone does bad things with guns they are charged and prosecuted under our laws. Guns are inanimate objects and do not do those things by themselves. People who break laws do those things, sometimes with guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I support gun control 100%, I hate guns. I wish we could get rid of all of them. Every other country that passed landmark gun ban legislation after a massacre seems to have started at a much lower baseline of guns in circulation. Even if we repealed the 2nd amendment tomorrow and banned every single type of firearm besides maybe single shot hunting rifles, how long would it take to confiscate and destroy all 430 million guns? Decades? And we have probably 20% of the country being adamantly opposed to any kind of gun ban... they won't comply. Are we completely stuck? It's depressing.

Why do you hate guns? Have you ever shot a gun? Have you ever used a gun to hunt for food? Did you know the one of the fastest growing high school sports is trap shooting - https://www.foxnews.com/sports/guns-ammo-one-americas-fastest-growing-high-school-sports-benchwarmers.amp

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's possible to make meaningful restrictions on guns other than at the point of sale.

And even then, it'll be hundreds of years before we make a dent in the murder or suicide rate.

It appears that in the US, the most direct route to increasing gun safety is harsh penalties for gun violence (including brandishing a gun in the commission of a crime) and increasing police presence and physical security at places like schools and venues. I don't see gun control as a serious, realistic proposal to reduce those things.

[Anonymous]

There's nothing you can do, which is why you must consider moving abroad and leaving the country altogether. The US is Brazil. A second tier country with tons of violence and crime. It's up to you to determine whether slightly bigger salaries are worth the risk of getting shot while simply driving, going to the grocery store, going to church or going to school.

Americans are entirely a hopeless, dimwitted bunch. They can see the problem right in front of them but do nothing about it. School shooting victims are the US' American Holocaust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Services incurred by guns like EMS, trauma surgery, PT and OT, grief and trauma counseling, rebuilding the front door to the elementary school…

Those are not services by guns. If someone does bad things with guns they are charged and prosecuted under our laws. Guns are inanimate objects and do not do those things by themselves. People who break laws do those things, sometimes with guns.

Fantastic.
Ban all ammo, making ammo, etc. and let those guns be truly inanimate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I support gun control 100%, I hate guns. I wish we could get rid of all of them. Every other country that passed landmark gun ban legislation after a massacre seems to have started at a much lower baseline of guns in circulation. Even if we repealed the 2nd amendment tomorrow and banned every single type of firearm besides maybe single shot hunting rifles, how long would it take to confiscate and destroy all 430 million guns? Decades? And we have probably 20% of the country being adamantly opposed to any kind of gun ban... they won't comply. Are we completely stuck? It's depressing.

Why do you hate guns? Have you ever shot a gun? Have you ever used a gun to hunt for food? Did you know the one of the fastest growing high school sports is trap shooting - https://www.foxnews.com/sports/guns-ammo-one-americas-fastest-growing-high-school-sports-benchwarmers.amp

I've shot guns at ranges. It is stupidly boring. Hunting with a gun is also pathetic and takes not skill. Try using a bow.

There is virtually zero reason for any civilian to need something as powerful as an AR-15, which I shot at the range. It is a weapon of war. And yes, I already know most gun deaths are caused by handguns and not rifles like AR-15. Moot point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those dastardly founding fathers (unfortunately) didn’t anticipate that you would disagree with them, how rude and short-sighted they were.

If you don’t like guns, don’t own guns. Easy. You are completely free to be gun free.

But you’re. It completely free to be bullet free if some gun nut goes postal near you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I support gun control 100%, I hate guns. I wish we could get rid of all of them. Every other country that passed landmark gun ban legislation after a massacre seems to have started at a much lower baseline of guns in circulation. Even if we repealed the 2nd amendment tomorrow and banned every single type of firearm besides maybe single shot hunting rifles, how long would it take to confiscate and destroy all 430 million guns? Decades? And we have probably 20% of the country being adamantly opposed to any kind of gun ban... they won't comply. Are we completely stuck? It's depressing.

Why do you hate guns? Have you ever shot a gun? Have you ever used a gun to hunt for food? Did you know the one of the fastest growing high school sports is trap shooting - https://www.foxnews.com/sports/guns-ammo-one-americas-fastest-growing-high-school-sports-benchwarmers.amp

DP I hate guns because of all the pain and suffering that guns have made so much easier to inflict on human beings.

—someone who has lost a loved one to gun violence.