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[LoverOfLiberty]

4. I'm pretty anti-gun myself

but your proposal would likely not work.

First of all, there are millions and millions of guns in the hands of citizens. How are you going to force people to give those up?
Second, even if we could get the existing guns out of the population, guns would flow over the Mexican border as easily as drugs do now. This is not a problem that Australia would likely have.

I wish I could follow this up with some sort of solution. I think the best I can come up with is banning all sem-automatic weapons and their ammunition, with very stiff penalties (5 years in jail) for possessing one. It certainly won't get them all off the streets but it will make them harder for people like the Orlando shooter to get.

People will always want weapons for hunting and self-defense.