Why anti-gun laws will never work in US

[moondust]

13. Certain assumptions apply.

1. It would take a long, long time to deal with 300 million guns. Decades. Maybe a century. Those with a short attention span need not apply.

2. Gun control would have to be national policy. DC and Chicago are not well-protected remote islands. If you want a gun in those places you simply drive a short distance beyond the city limits and you're swimming in guns.

3. Stiff penalties for being in possession of a gun would tend to encourage turning them in.

4. Some adjustments to law enforcement may be necessary to provide more protection from gun-toting criminals, although I don't think it's such a big deal. As it is now a criminal doesn't really know in advance who does and who does not have a gun so it's not much of a deterrent anyway. And this is largely about property crimes and insurance can cover that even if it's lost.

The alternative is to throw up your hands and do nothing and watch more kids die for nothing.