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Old 06-19-2015, 09:17 PM   #139
Groundhog
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Originally Posted by RainMaker View Post
What's your solution for getting rid of guns in this country that borders a 3rd world country more than willing to transport them in illegally?

Make it illegal to own them, and offer a cash buy-back program to get the ones out there. There will always be guns out there - and making it illegal would boost the amount of illegal guns coming over the border - but it would significantly cut down on gun-related deaths in the long run.

Unrealistic though, I know. I actually think trying to do this would for many trigger that whole armed resistance against the government that a lot of pro-guns folks consider the key reason for needing their weapons in the first place.
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