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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The problem is systematic in the states, even the most dove politician is beholden to the right to bear arms. Its funny but even Obama who is considered the most left wing president since Carter and who in 2008 promised action on bringing back the global assault rifle ban is considered one of the most gun friendly presidents in recent memory. I think that the unchanging tenants of the constitution are drilled into peoples heads through their education and its simply incomprehensible to politicians and public servants to change it.
Combine that with an incredibly wealthy and powerful lobby group and you will never get change.
Besides I don't think an assault weapon ban is going to make that much of a difference as it leaves pistols out there.
I think that one answer is around the selling of magazine based weapons, maybe there should be a three shot limit on civilian based weapons.
Maybe leave guns cheap and bullets hugely expensive.
Personally I think that manufacturers should have a civilian weapons tamper proof deactivation system. I mean we're smart enough to put a chip in everything. Put a chip in all rifles and pistols that are designated for civilian sales so that the police can deactivate them remotely. That way if some idiot decides to shoot up a school you can shut down the rifle from afar, or if the police need to raid a house you can deactivate the fire arms before you storm the place.
You have a drive by happening shut down the weapons.
That certainly doesn't help when the weapons come out of China or Israel or Russia, but I'm sure you could convince those manufacturers to help with gun violence.
Add on if someone tampers with the chip the weapons explodes blowing their hands off.
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I do not think a system whereby "THE GOVERNMENT" can turn off your weapon remotely is going to fly higher than a lead balloon in conspiracy-addled America, of all places.
Households in America having at least one gun has declined from 50% in the early 1970's to about 32% right now. The gun culture is actually in decline and has been for decades.
The 32%, however, have more guns now than they did in the early 1970's. This mother had six guns in her house.
If anything, it looks like the trend line with smoking . . . . . at one point, 70% of American males were smokers. Now its in the 20% + range.
Although some will take this incident and turn a gun-free home into one with weapons, by and large I would think an incident like this will lower that 32% into the 20's.
Aside from being vigilent for pyschopaths about to erupt in our midst, however, it's hard to see how the third most populous nation on Earth can make these incidents go away.
Shooting children you don't know six to 11 times each after cornering them like rats is a lot of bottled rage. Where did that come from?
At least the nutjob in Norway had a declared political reason for killing 77, mostly children.
Cowperson