How would a federal gun ban work? House to house searches?

[Motown_Johnny]

30. Nobody is suggesting that. Straw Man Argument.

Here is how I see the problem.

Those of us who want stricter gun control legislation are focusing on the long term. It will take decades, and even generations, to make a significant change in this nation. We know that. We also know that in the short term there may even be negative effects from this legislation. For example, if we announce we will ban the sale of high capacity magazines as of the first of next year then we know sales of these magazines will go up in the short term. We accept that fact but are focused on there being fewer ten and twenty years from now then there are now.

Those of you who don't want stricter gun control legislation are focusing on the short term. Some even suggest that if more people were walking around with guns then there would somehow be fewer gun deaths. You think that the rare case of a crime being stopped by a gun owner justifies all the crimes that are committed with guns. To me it looks like you want a quick fix and don't care about the long term damage that is done to this country because of it. Decades, and generations, from now things will be worse because we don't have the courage to act now.

It is simply a matter of focus. Long term solutions which contains some short term problems or short term solutions which contains some long term problems.

I've made my choice.