Saying that transporting guns across state lines is illegal and throwing up your hands and pointing see criminals are going to do it is disingenuous. There isn't a person this form that doesn't knowing break the law every day in some manner. It's one thing to smuggle a gun across an unguarded state border and across a country border. There's a difference to buying a gun at Walmart and having to get one on the black market.
One also can't simply say well too many guns too late no point in trying. I think many would be amazed at what a gun buy back does. Guns also age like everything else. Prohibit sales and the numbers will come down.
And lets not pretend there isn't a whole hell of a lot more that can be done in terms of laws to limit sales and ensure guns are properly stored etc. is it going to stop every idiot who wants to shoot up a place? No. But it will limit a lot of needless death and that's a good thing.
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