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159. Yet other countries have all managed it

This is another fallacy promoted by the gun community, that, for gun control measures to be worthwhile, they have to produce 100% results, instantaneously, within seconds of the bill being signed into law. No law works that way. After the UK banned guns for its population, of course there were still many guns in private hands and there continued to be shootings. The point is that, with each year that passed, the number of guns fell, the culture for craving guns weakened, and, gradually, but steadily, the number of shootings dropped. Now, many, many years later, they have virtually no gun deaths in the UK. Of course it didn't occur overnight, no one but an idiot would expect it to.

So, if you have no ideas for how to fix the gun crisis this country faces, perhaps you would at least be so good as to step aside and stop trying to hinder those who do have ideas.