Machiavellian said:
Because half measures do not work as we have seen. If you want this type of stuff to go away or be reduced significantly. There are a lot of guns in the US. Getting a gun is very easy in the US for anyone. Gun laws that really not going to deter someone from purchasing or obtaining a gun in the US unless it goes all out. People that have their guns in the US will always preach about needing them for protection or some other excuse. Going back to the Wild West, would be like every nation having a nuke or the Cold War. If everyone is armed everywhere then incidents can be responded to instantly and maybe less loss of life. If you go the total ban, then you make illegal for anyone to have a gun and you put punitive crime. No more stand your ground nonsense. You kill with a gun you serve max time. Hell, we could even make New York a prison for and dump anyone who disobey these rules. |
But they already are being reduced significantly. Gun crime (and violence overall) has consistently gone down almost every year for over a quarter of a century. The current rates for the U.S. are less than half of what they were in the early 90s. I don't know what to attribute that to, but it would seem to be a good thing that gun violence is on the decline.
