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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I alone in wanting?
1) tough sentences for violent crimes  - including automatic 10yr add-on for any crime where a gun was used.
2) social safety net so kids aren't hungry, homeless or hopeless (ie: educational and employment opportunity)
3) serious plan to massively reduce personal gun ownership for all but licensed and psychologically evaluated professionals with a demonstrated need.  Ban on all new personal gun sales and a massive gun violence victims tax (10,000%?) on non-LEO/Military ammunition sales together with a gun buy-back program with target of >100k guns a day. National registry/license and insurance requirement for those who continue to own, plus references from 6 non-relative neighbors who agree to take criminal responsibility for your actions.   2A can itself be amended given modern reality.   With political will could dramatically bend the curve on gun violence over next 5-10 years - it's personal and public responsibility that could pass on a more mature and safer country for the next generation.  ...[/quote]

No.  These are all possible but we'll need better leaders going into politics.[/quote]

All we need are political figures willing to impose strict laws, and see that they’re enforced. Pick a date in the future, 2,3 years, whatever. After “X” date, you cannot own or possess a gun. Period. No exceptions. If you do, you go to prison for 20 years. No parole, no pleading down for reduced sentence, no time off for good behavior. Twenty. Years. No. Exceptions.

We build enough prisons to house these criminals, and we keep them there. I keep reading “90 million people own guns”… Ok, let’s assume that there will be a 10% rate of noncompliance. So we build prison space for 9 million people. The construction process alone would be a major infrastructure stimulus in itself, putting thousands of people back to work to build prisons.

After the “x” date passes, the govt can offer large rewards for turning in people who are still working in possession of guns. If people could get $5,000-$10,000 for turning in a loathsome neighbor or family member who had guns hidden, they’d do it in a heartbeat. And big tech can use their algorithms to scour the internet looking for likely gun possession based on posts or searches.

This problem CAN be stamped out within five years. All it takes are leaders willing to step up to the plate and commit to it.  [/quote]

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