JakeFromStateFahrm
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I just want to point out what one example of eliminating hand guns can look like.
It took a while but I think down 59% means they’ve done something right.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/05/743579605/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-countries-in-deaths-from-gun-violence
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/firearms-act-twenty-years-on-has-it-made-a-difference-dunblane-port-arthur-a8110911.html
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/offencesinvolvingtheuseoffirearms/yearendingmarch2019
IdGiveMyEyeTeeth4That
Nope... get out of here here that shit..... if you had any tea, I'd throw it in the harbor and rebell when you try to take my guns!
goodbyeitwasfunwhileitlasted
Banning any sort of gun would cause a ton of backlash. Also, there are probably a ton of illegal hand guns out there which wouldn't go away
goodbyeitwasfunwhileitlasted
However, if we could avoid both of those I'd be in favor of giving it a shot (sorry for the pun).
JakeFromStateFahrm
The second part is why it doesn’t peak for years after the law is made. It wouldn’t go over too well. I just wonder if it might be necessary
JeffGodofBiscuits
No, I don't think it is.
JakeFromStateFahrm
So not even worth talking about?
JeffGodofBiscuits
Perhaps at some point, but right now? I'm tired.
loopyloopus
Not when it’s not a talk, but a condescending lecture from people who are unwilling to recognize the value of the 2nd amendment
JakeFromStateFahrm
That’s not what I’m looking to have. I just wonder if it was intended to protect all weapons all the time.
loopyloopus
I mean, it included cannons at the time, maybe not WMDs.
JakeFromStateFahrm
Do you think they might’ve taken cannons away if they became the weapon of choice for organized crime?