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Old 03-10-2018, 01:03 PM   #576
thesloppy
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Originally Posted by tarcone View Post
There was a record number of murders in St. Louis last year. Most by hand guns. So after we ban AR-15 type guns, do we go after hand guns next? And how do we enforce the ban? Is the government going house to house and searching every citizen for the banned guns?

All this talk is great. But how is it going to work? Is it long game? We ban them now and in 30 years they will be gone after more mass shootings allow the government to find them all?

How do you enforce a ban of guns? How is the ban on ownership of guns for felons working?

It's a pretty tired response, so I apologize if you've heard it, but Australia is the most successful model of gun control that most folks point to:

Gun Control: How Australia Stopped Mass Shootings | Fortune
The arguments that carried Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms

It seems like they succeeded mostly with a generous buyback program. They didn't take anybody's guns by force, so much as allow folks to give them away and get rewarded for it, which apparently was a crucial difference. Who knows how/if it would apply to America(ns).
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