Post by l***@florence.itThey can see the stats as well as anybody else and I have never been
able to understand their stubborness in not having sensible gun laws.
The only thing is, however could they make any now with so many
weapons already out amongst them?
Attrition. We had many guns in the hands of the general public
in Canada, and there are a lot less now than 50-60 years ago. If the US
government passed gun laws equivalent to Canada, the EU, England, etc.,
they couldn't easily get back the estimated 450 million gins (yes 100
million MORE guns than people.) But they could stop the influx of new
ones.
It might take 50-75 years, but if zero *new* guns were sold to the
general public, eventually the ones in circulation would wear out, be
turned in, whatever. Nothing lasts forever, not even a brand new
assault rifle. Stop selling *new* ones.
Pretty simple in theory. "Ya can keep the ones you have until ya
die, and then they are to be turned in and destroyed. Ya can't leave
them to your kids. Ya can't buy any new ones. Smith & Wesson, Ruger,
Colt, etc., better re-tool their factories for police/military weapons
only because the ain't selling a single one to anyone else"
But since the NRA owns the Republican party, it will never happen.
The real president of the US is the president of the NRA. He also
tells their Congress what to do when it comes to guns.
They call this "freedom."
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