(October 5, 2015 at 5:45 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 5, 2015 at 9:16 am)Losty Wrote: Again, the argument is that only law abiding citizens will turn in their guns. Why would a criminal turn in a gun just because it's banned?
You have armed police officers in the US, I gather? You don't wait for people you turn in illegal items. You go out and get them.
Boru
Indeed. That's what we did in the UK when we tightened up laws on handguns a short while back but amnesty came first, was more successful and less costly. In Australia, the government bought the guns from their citizens, law-abiding or otherwise. It was a phenomenally successful approach as demonstrated by the dramatic & rapid decrease in gun-related crime. I think the US would have to use a variety of well-thought-through, clever methods as their gun owners seem very attached to their weaponry.
But as others have said, parting people from their guns is only part of the solution. There are many social facets to address.
Sum ergo sum
