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Originally Posted by edslunch
There is no overnight fix, it will take generations. I compare it to smoking - laws got progressively tougher, people could still get them if they wanted, black markets did develop, but the main thing that happened is that smoking became socially unacceptable for the majority of people.
Societal norms and opinions changed. That has to happen wrt guns for there to be any progress, even if it takes decades.
Maybe we’ll have to pry that gun from Bubba’s cold dead hands but hopefully it will be his grandchild doing the prying and they will turn the weapon in.
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I agree.
However, I think it'll be a hard point to sell. When you take guns away from the general population, but they see every criminal with them it's going to be very tough to continue to push an anti-gun agenda. People will forget all about the mass shootings after a few break-ins involving armed criminals now entering the homes of formerly armed innocents.
Even after several generations, the criminals will still be getting guns into the country.
I guess my point is that it's a complex issue. Taking an overly harsh line on gun control is likely to do more harm than good. The number of illegal guns in the USA is already huge. In order to stop the guns, you're going to need more of a global effort.