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In reply to the discussion: A message to those who wish to ban or restrict guns: Give up. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Making and selling guns is very profitable. Deaths are soon forgotten -- unless the victim is someone you love.
So easy to make and sell guns, and if used for hunting or sport, useful. But the numbers of guns on the loose in our country and the irrational attitude toward them suggests we are a very sick society.
What to do? I have no idea. Gun registration would probably help, but be fought to the nth degree.
Local laws prohibiting the carrying of guns on local streets passed by the citizens of particular towns would be helpful. I think they could work. It would require changing state law in some states, but local rule is a popular idea. So, if one city wants to have gangsters rule its street, it could allow open carry, and all the gun-lovers could go there to indulge their fantasies, while the rest of us could ban carrying guns, require registration within our city limits and enjoy the tranquility. Why not? Seems fair enough to me. Don't ban guns. Just allow local towns and cities and counties to decide for themselves what the gun regulations should be.