"Nobody wants to take your guns..."

[krispos42]

24. "There are too many guns in America" is what I hear said a lot

On, for example, a "Best of the Left" podcast, which is a compilation from a broad range of liberal voices on a particular topic. So lots of liberals think that there are too many guns in America...


...and the solution to reduce this number?





Well, since the natural market demand is that between a quarter and a third of the American population own guns, and this demand is not forecast to drop anytime in the future, then OBVIOUSLY government needs to take action, strong action, to artificially lower this demand.

Change the culture, in other words. Limit the types of guns sold. Limit quantities sold. Ban some types outright; existing ones are grandfathered in but cannot be sold or otherwise transferred to anybody but the government. Impose heavy obstacles on gun ownership; take the right's war on choice or voting and run with it. Waiting periods for purchases. Medical evaluations. Background and identification checks. Excessive fees and taxes. Understaffed offices in a few scattered locations far from public transport. Administrative delays stretching into months. Intrusive storage requirements, long penalties for minor infractions, limiting concealed-carry permits to a select few. The destruction of public, outdoor, government-run shooting ranges. Limiting private ranges in size and location.

Essentially, there's not many options to choose from, permitting takes forever, purchasing takes forever, there are high monetary costs above and beyond the cost of the gun and ammunition, and there are damn few places to even use them.




But, of course, nobody is trying to take your rights away! We just want to be sure that the people voting, I mean buying guns, are properly documented.